SEJONG, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment announced on Tuesday that it will notify local governments nationwide of new guidelines for the safety of so-called environmental workers, which includes garbage collectors and street sweepers, among others, with a focus on limiting work during the night or in the early morning. There have [...]
PEONGCHANG, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Pyeongchang-gun in Gangwon Province will have street cleaners work during the daytime starting this year to prevent them from being exposed to various kinds of accidents. Previously, many street cleaners used to begin work before 4 a.m., despite official working hours starting at 6 a.m.. Street cleaners were constantly [...]
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 [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will cut down on night shifts and introduce new safety standards to ensure the safety of street cleaners following a series of accidents. The Ministry of Environment announced during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that it will work with a number of government branches including the interior, labor [...]
GUMI, SOUTH KOREA, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gumi City government saw more than two hundred people apply for a number of public area cleaning job openings after it began taking applicants. Of the 239 candidates, nearly one hundred had a university degree or more while 131 were high school graduates. A mere 14 people [...]