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[탐정M] Saemaul Geumgo sparked the ‘Gapjil debate’… “If you want to report it, test it”

Following the latest MBC report that Saemaul Geumgo in Namwon, Jeollabuk-do experienced feminine staff cooking and washing clothing, equivalent experiences poured in from Saemaul Geumgo all over the nation.

Just one of the staff of Saemaul Geumgo, who reported that only women of all ages clean the dishes, spelled out the scenario like this.

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“You can believe of it as some thing fundamental for the planning of refreshments, and the female staff members are liable for the clients who use mugs or tableware from the president’s business office.”

The enterprise did not spend time beyond regulation to its employees in February previous year, so they acquired a correction from the Ministry of Work and Labour.

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“Appear by 8:20 (am) so you can come by 8:20 am, do payment paperwork, clear up, get all set to welcome friends, and get started get the job done at 9. There is no additional time fork out for 30 minutes or 40 minutes.” Do not do it, just make a decision and go.”

Yet another informant introduced himself as the ‘youngest worker’ and despatched a image of him cleaning with a mop at 8:45 am right before work started.

■ Reporting in succession soon after the report..”If you want to report it, do it”

The workers mentioned that soon after the MBC report, the bosses came out with a red flag.

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“Middle professionals are also expressing, ‘If you can report it, test it’…”

Even when the reporters frequented the Saemaul Geumgo in Namwon, Jeollabuk-do, senior executives consistently blamed the workers for ‘publicizing the company’s interior problems to the outside’.

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“Would you like me to provide the fight between the few at household to the workplace? Would you like to talk about what was in the place of work outside the house? If it doesn’t accommodate you, you should really give the greatest for her.”

When the chairman of the Geumgo found that the media protection had begun, he despatched an SNS concept quoting a Talmud phrase to the informant.

It was a story for him that as an alternative of becoming an ‘enemy’ when he ran into the proprietor of a doggy that attacked his goat, he grew to become a ‘friend’.

You produced an ‘enemy’ of the business by reporting it to the outside, but it is proposed that you can grow to be a ‘friend’ if you solve it internally even now.

■ A actuality-discovering investigation was introduced, but… “Submit inside 2 hours”

The informant, who experienced been battling with place of work harassment, described the incident to the National Sinmungo and the Ministry of Employment and Labor with the assist of the civic group ‘Workplace Gapjil 119’.

As the incident came to gentle, the Saemaul Geumgo Federation despatched a issues handling staff to the site on the 23rd to look into the details and interview the informant who was an personnel of the sufferer.

The subsequent working day, an official letter was sent to Saemaul Geumgo through the nation to examine the circumstance of bullying in the place of work.

They questioned me to look into to see if the workforce were being making ready and cleansing lunch, if a precise employee, such as a female or the youngest, was dependable for this, and if the employee had an hour extended break for lunch.

Nevertheless, this questionnaire was not sent separately to each individual personnel.

It is demanded to accumulate and submit ‘by branch’.

The deadline is just about 2 several hours.

The formal letter requesting an investigation was uploaded to the laptop community at about 2 pm, but it was asked for to be submitted by 4 pm on the exact day.

Criticism was expressed by workforce that the written content and system of the investigation were being all messy.

There ended up also stories that ’employees’ sights ended up not mirrored at all’ in the investigation.

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“I consider the general workers realized it was getting managed without having warning, and they didn’t even want to hear to us…”

When criticism was lifted, the Saemaul Geumgo Countrywide Association discussed, “We will have out a extra successful survey.”

The Ministry of Public Administration and Safety and the Ministry of Employment and Labour, Saemaul Geumgo’s supervisory agencies, also stepped forward.

Upcoming week, we approach to jointly investigate the safe and sound location the place the challenge arose and carry out distinctive labor supervision.

An official from the Ministry of Community Administration and Stability explained, “We strategy to perform a month-to-month organizational society prognosis at the countrywide level and conduct a ‘Gapjil society enhancement briefing’ for 1,300 area coffers.”

In addition, he said, “We will build an ‘organisational culture improvement team’ inside of the Nationwide Assembly to get systematic responses.”

■ Recurring harassment in the place of work. “Concentration authority on the chairman”

This is not the first time the dilemma has happened in Saemaul Geumgo.

In some community coffers, the chairman accepted revenue from workforce, boiled puppy meat for a supper get together, and secretly applied employees’ personalized info.

What is the reason why it does not alter even even though unique sorts of bullying and bullying are repeated?

The personnel referred to a construction with central authority in the chairman as just one of the good reasons.

The president-elect has a quantity of powers, which include the appropriate to appoint personnel.

The quantity of workforce in each individual branch is only a couple of, around 10, so the chairman’s impact is greater.

The Central Affiliation of Saemaul Geumgo well prepared a ‘Strengthening System for the Supervisory Program of Saemaul Geumgo’, these as establishing a problems managing crew in February to stop harassment in the office.

Can I modify it adequately this time? We will keep an eye out for a follow-up.

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Reporter: Kim Se-younger and Ko Jae-min
Online video remark: Kim Dong-se and Jang Young-geun