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We, SBS, have been constantly reporting on workplace bullying. This time, it happened at a public institution under the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. It is said that there is a department head who pays for his taxi fare when he leaves work after assaulting and verbally assaulting his subordinates.



First, reporter Park Chan-beom reports exclusively.



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We obtained statements from employees that they were harassed in the workplace by the head of Department A of the Korea Regional Information Development Institute, a public institution under the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.



Assault and verbal abuse were commonplace, he says.



[Victim Employee 1: I witnessed slaps or abusive language at employees in the back of the head or cheek.]



[Victim Employee 2: Tap the ball and said, "Let's do well!", "Employee B was hit a lot by me" I did.]



He said that he took turns taking on the 'taxi ministry' every time he left work.



[Damaged employee 3: The head of department A took me to the house by taxi, and it is said that he even calculated the taxi fare.]



Pregnant employees were no exception.



[Victim Employee 4: I was pregnant and said that taking a taxi would make my stomach feel more uncomfortable, but I rode it with multiple requests... ] He



complained that he was not able to apply for sick leave.



[Damaged employee 5: “It is natural to go to work even if you are sick”, “Don’t act like that in the future.”] The



head of department A was appointed to the department in 2017.



Members of the department, who had only suffered from heartache, raised the problem after the union was first formed last year.



He made an anonymous statement about whether he would come back in retaliation, and the management started the audit late only in April.



[Hyundai-sik / Korea Regional Information Development Institute Union Chairman: By neglecting (harassment in the workplace), such things continued to expand, and even the head of department A had the perception that there was no such problem… .] The



head of department A was eventually released from his position last June.



Over the past 7 years, over 20 employees have resigned after working under the head of department A.



[Resigned employee (victim of harassment): About one or three other people besides me. Between a year and a year and a half, four people including myself? You went out like this... .]



(Video coverage: Chan-soo Lee, Editing video: So-young Lee, CG: Kim Jong-un)



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