SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Wednesday that the classification of apartment guards as ‘surveillance·intermittent workers’ will be limited if they are forced to do other work such as parking management and waste separation and collection beyond a certain threshold. The category of surveillance·intermittent workers refers to those who perform surveillance work [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The results of a new survey show that 6 out of 10 employees working as security guards or street cleaners were found to have experienced harassment at work in the form of either verbal or sexual abuse. According to a report in “Labor Review,” a monthly periodical published by [...]
GWANGJU, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — An apartment complex in Dong-gu, Gwangju is gaining national attention after residents made the decision to continue employing a security guard by making use of electricity bill savings resulting from the installation of new solar panels to cover his salary. The Ullim 2 Apartments was designated most recently as [...]
SEOUL, November 16 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 10,000 security guards are at risk of losing their job after the new minimum wage hike takes effect in less than two months, a new study has revealed. With the increased minimum wage of 7,530 won taking effect next year, growing personnel expenses could see more apartment blocks [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — With rising temperatures foretelling the start of the summer season, Koreans are finding themselves reaching for the A/C remote. A simple, universal solution to keeping cool, provided you have one, of course. Residents’ committees of apartment complexes across Seoul are for the most part voting to provide air conditioning [...]
SEJONG, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Apartment security guards in South Korea now have legal grounds to refuse work they’re not officially required to do. These guards, largely comprised of elderly post-retirees, have frequently been pushed by apartment residents to run errands that were not typically required of them, and had to put up with [...]