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is difficult to get the protection of the law in a workplace where fewer than 5 full-time workers are employed even if they are unfairly fired from work or cannot receive various benefits.

Reporter Hee-won Je has covered the reality that the exceptions to the Labor Standards Act discriminate against workers.

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Mr. A in his 30s worked at an e-commerce company for 5 years.

I worked for about 10 hours a day, but I haven't received any overtime pay, and I haven't had an annual leave.

[Mr. A: If you're talking about whether you should pay overtime, (the company) doesn't have to pay because it's less than five. If you don't like me, leave the middle.']

More than 10 colleagues worked with me, but I found out that there are fewer than five employees on paper.

[Mr. A: Only 4 people are required to have 4 major insurance plans. We are using overtime because we don't have to pay anything anyway.]

I suffered harassment in the workplace . I quit the company and reported it to the Labor Office, but the answer was that the punishment was difficult because the abuser was not registered as an employee.

The Labor Standards Act is intended to protect workers from long-term work or unfair dismissal, but it excludes small-sized workers with fewer than five workers, so they are discriminated against.A large outlet with more than 200 employees was reportedly divided into dozens of businesses and disguised as less than 5 employees.

In many workplaces, only four people were given four major insurance plans, and the rest were not enrolled.

Even if you are unfairly fired, it is virtually impossible for you to be protected by the law because you must prove that you are a worker with five or more workers.

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with labor organizations with less than five business 27 workplaces suspected of being disguised were filed with the Labor Office and petitioned for special labor supervision.

(Video coverage: Dong Hyuk Lee, Video editing: Lee So-young, VJ: Han Seung-min)