SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Following years of criticism against the poor working conditions suffered by apartment janitors, who sometimes work up to fifteen hours per day, efforts to improve the situation are being reported across the country. A number of supportive measures at both the city and district level include a subsidy for construction [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A series of incidents, including a massive round of dismissals and the suicide of a janitor at a posh apartment complex, have forced the Ministry of Employment and Labor to come up with countermeasures to protect security guards working at apartments nationwide under mostly poor working conditions. Starting next year, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Seventy eight security guards working at an apartment in posh Apgujeong-dong, southern Seoul, where a janitor set himself on fire due to mistreatment by a mean resident, are in danger of being fired. All of them got pre-notice of discharge on November 19 and 20. It is suspected to [...]