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Labor Standards Act in Korea contains the minimum rights that workers must be guaranteed.

However, where there are fewer than 5 people working, this law does not apply.

Because of this, there were some people who worked for a long time in small businesses and did not receive payments properly or were unfairly fired.

In addition, not only the Labor Standards Act, but also the Severe Accident Company Penalty Act, which will be enforced from next year, is not applied, so there are many more people who actually work, and even companies that pretend to have fewer than five employees are emerging.



Reporter Jeon Hyeong-woo covered it.



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In February at a plastic factory in Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do, more than 100 people, including foreign workers, were collectively infected with Corona 19.



Afterwards, 10 workers working in the factory were unfairly fired and asked for help, and a labor organization came up and found several suspicious things.



Workers testify that the president of the plastics company directly directed and supervised the contract, and the contract was signed with H, who had never seen it, and only worked six days a week for more than 60 hours, but the contract was supposed to work daytime.



The labor organization suspicious that it had circumvented the Labor Standards Act by proposing a ghost contractor because the company and company H had the same address and sued the company.



[Company official: Because the business is closed due to corona.

It's being investigated.

The criteria for judgment are probably made by the labor inspector.]



Mr. A, who operates 13 mobile phone sales companies nationwide, has operated as a workplace with fewer than 5 employees, each with an acquaintance as its representative.



[Ex-employee of cell phone sales company: I created a business site with the name of someone else and my family, not my name.

Each workplace said that there were fewer than 5 employees and did not pay overtime pay and annual allowance.]



[Sang-Kyun Han/Chairman of the Rights Search Union: This is a method that discriminates against the Labor Standards Act, which is a basic right and human rights. ) 10 million workers are outside the Labor Standards Act.]



A bill was proposed last year to apply the Labor Standards Act to companies with fewer than five employees, but it is still pending in the National Assembly.



(Video coverage: Kim Hak-mo, video editing: Commissioner Yang)