<Anchor> The
Ministry of Employment and Labor admitted that bullying was right for the golf course caddy, who could not withstand the constant rants and insults of the manager.
Still, it was concluded that it was difficult to apply the relevant laws and regulations.
Reporter Jeong Seong-jin covered the reason.
<Reporter> This
article was written by 27-year-old Bae Mo, who worked as a caddy at a golf course in Paju, Gyeonggi-do, before making an extreme choice.
I don't think I'm hurt, I won't forget what I broke down to the bottom.
Mr. Bae complained that he received constant abuse and insults from the so-called'Captain'.
[Colleague Caddy:'You can't run because you're fat, you run fast,' because it's not a radio that's only listening to my sister.
There are about 30 to 40 people listening at a time.
However, the golf course did not take any responsibility, saying that Mr. Bae was not a worker hired at the golf course, but a kind of freelance, specially employed worker, and the bereaved family asked the Ministry of Employment and Labor for judgment.
[Bae Mo's bereaved family: If you can't, you'll get punished, get negative scores, get scolded, and you have to do it all.
Then, what the hell is this, is this a specially employed worker?] The
Ministry of Employment and Labor has concluded that it can be seen as bullying in the workplace after five months of the incident.
However, he said it was difficult to directly apply the relevant laws.
Bullying in the workplace applies to workers under the Labor Standards Act, but it does not apply to specially employed workers.
Although it was the first time to accept workplace harassment against specially employed workers, it also acknowledged the contradiction that it cannot provide protection due to legal inadequacies.
[Jiyoung Yoon/Attorney: I think there is a very problem with deciding whether to apply the law based on whether it is a worker or not.
There is a need to amend the law so that (all workers) can be applied and responded to the regulations.]
There have been 15 revised bills in the National Assembly that allow specially employed workers to be protected. He only said that it is being prepared.
(Video coverage: Kim Hak-mo, video editing: Park Jin-hoon)