The most drastic change in the circumstances of job market in korea have involved regular workers'
uncertain future and the increase in the number of irregular workers since the economic woes./
To be precise, korean job market suffered the bitter ch...
The most drastic change in the circumstances of job market in korea have involved regular workers'
uncertain future and the increase in the number of irregular workers since the economic woes./
To be precise, korean job market suffered the bitter changes and the visible crisis since IMF bailout in 1997. Nonghyup was forced to be part of overall downsizing the scale of its workforce, having lower-rank workers relatively trivial groups in terms of the hierarchy in nonghyup volunteer for the early retirement.
However those who were retired against their will were lucky enough to be hired again as "contractors for special tasks"
Later Under the application of the law that no actual discrimination has to be allowed between regular workers and irregular ones at work, nonghyup made it official that it again hired 2,071 personel among those previously picked up as contractors for special takes as regular worker throngh the agreement with the labor union that the, job security in nonghyup has to have the top priority
By taking relevant actions involving the law of protecting the status and the rights of irregular workers, nonghyup was given positive responses from its workers and others interested in the process and outcome.
Nonghyup was able to expect both the improvement of its productivity and the loyalty, of all the workers after it totally got rid of irregular workers' insecure status in the organization.
And it was told that such unprecedented moves of nonghyup rasised the morale of those hired again as regular workforce and minimized a sense of incongruity between the regular and the irregular.
Despite that, a lot of problems to be taken care of properly showed up since there was no consistency in personnel administration of these workers unlike regular workforce.
For example, they pointed out that nonghyup should tackle such various discriminations as a wage system,- they were suppsed to be paid 50~60% of what original regular personnel were paid-, basic welfare, a salary class, the promotion system and the task limitation Vnfomately all that they want nonghyup to deal with has never statisfied them except their status as regular workers.
Therefore it seems that there are several more issues that nonghyup should cope with as of these days specifically speaking, nonghyup is supposed to recognize these issues more actively and more seriously till it is capable of taking care of them from the standpoint of both regular workers and irregular ones.
The bottom line will be that nonghyup should allow them to be treated as equally as regular work force beyond the present measures that leave the visible differences between two groups. it will also have to address the soon -to-be problems that if those who become regular workers from irregular ones sign the contract with no limitation of the period to work in nonghyup they actually give up their rights to be treated as other regular workers.
So, nonghyup must focus its attention on abolishing possible elements of discrimination between the two under the guidelines of irregular worker's law that mainly protects the rights of them and corrects unjust treatment based on the clear and present discrimination.