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There has been a report that a freelance sound director who has worked for the National Defense Agency for over 8 years has been fired as if being expelled.
Even when the documentary work he took the lead in was awarded an award, he was not invited.
Two reporters, Kim Sang-min and Shin Jeong-eun, reported.
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Sangmin
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Hyun-cheol Yeom, who worked as a freelance sound director at the Defense Public Relations Agency for eight and a half years, was fired in March 2019.
[Defense Public Relations Office (March 27, 2019) This is the office space for the employees, get out of here.
(It's my place. I can't go out.) It was a space that was created with your consideration as a freelancer, not a space to work.] I filed a
complaint with the Ministry of Labor saying that I did not receive an extension/holiday allowance
.
This is terminated.
[Yum Hyeon-cheol/Former sound director of the National Defense Agency: Suddenly on the weekend,'Hyun-cheol-ah, I have to go to work.
See you later' is this.
I have never received a holiday allowance.]
At the time
of my
employment
, I
was in charge of making commemorative videos for retirees, separate collection, and even training interns.
Although it was a non-contract work, there was no compensation paid, but I have endured with pride that I am working for the country.
[Yum Hyeon-cheol / Former sound director of the National Defense Agency: Let's endure with a sense of mission," As time passed and time passed, this wasn't really it.
No, really.]
This is a mini documentary that received the 2018 Cable Broadcasting Awards and the Best Program of the Month award.
It was like a child to Yeom, who took over the overall shooting as a director.
However, I was not invited to the awards ceremony and the name was not found on the plaque.
[Defense Public Relations Officer (conversation with Yeom at the time): There (during the documentary production process) Yeom Hyun-cheol was there, and I didn't know anything like this.
It wasn't theft because I brought someone else's stuff without saying anything.] The
Labor Relations Committee judged Yeom, who worked like this, as a worker, not a freelancer, and decided that it was unfair dismissal.
However, legal battles have continued for more than a year with the public relations agency filing an administrative lawsuit.
<Reporter Shin Jeong-
eun
> The
boring legal battles made it more difficult for Yeom, who had a hard time eating right away.
[Yum Hyeon-cheol/ Former sound director of the National Defense Agency: (At the time of dismissal) I was 2 years old.
First of all, the
economic damage came right away.]
However, as a result of the SBS report, it was found that the Defense Public Relations Agency internally reviewed the need to convert Yeom's freelance status to a full-time job before dismissal.
This is a personnel-related document prepared by the National Defense Agency at the end of 2018, before Yeom was dismissed.
In the general audit of the Ministry of Defense, it was pointed out that 16 freelancers, including Yeom, were improperly employed, so it is stated that it is necessary to convert those who are full-time workers into public service.
Knowing that there was such a problem, the publicist did not try to fix it.
At the same time as the writing of the document, a new contract was signed with Yeom. Unlike in the past, where 2.35 million won per month was fixed, 120,000 won per session is paid.
It is to work thoroughly as a freelancer.
Based on this contract, the public relations agency emphasized that Yeom is not a general public service worker in the Labor Commission.
When there was a dispute over the internal judgment that the transition to public service was appropriate, Yeom claimed that he was only a freelancer.
After seeing the results of the administrative lawsuit, the public relations official said that he would stand.
(Video coverage: Park Dae-young and Bae Mun-san, Video editing: Jeon Min-gyu, CG: Kim Jeong-eun, Kim Gyu-yeon, screen courtesy: Defense TV)