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Ministry of Employment and Labor has released the results of special labor supervision for Naver. The reason for the death of a Naver employee was workplace bullying, and it was revealed that this type of workplace abuse is prevalent in Naver. He also added that he had not been properly paid for his allowance for the past three years.
Reporter Jeong Da-eun.
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Naver employee Mr. A was found dead in May, the Ministry of Labor, which conducted special labor supervision, said that after a month and a half of investigation, it confirmed that not only Mr. A but also many Naver employees suffered workplace harassment.
A new testimony was also revealed that a teammate was slapped in the face by an outsider while the boss, the perpetrator, returned to work after being suspended, while the victim actually resigned.
There was also a situation that the company did not properly investigate and acknowledge workplace harassment, such as abusive remarks from the boss or work orders during the holidays.
In a survey of about 2,000 people, half of all employees, more than half said they had experienced workplace bullying at least once in the past six months.
[Oh Se-yoon / Naver Union Branch President: In addition to the deceased, there were many workplace harassment, but the system in the company did not work properly… .] In
addition, he said that Naver did not properly pay 8.67 billion won, including overtime, nighttime, and holiday work allowances, to current and former employees over the past three years.
Although Naver is preparing for a total change to prevent recurrence, Naver will explain in a future investigation, saying that it is not true that the Ministry of Labor did not accurately reflect Naver's unique selective working hour system and did not investigate workplace harassment even if it was known in advance. clarified.