[vol.12] Hot line for Equality_ UNSTABLE EMPLOYMENT - THE MOST FREQUENT
WORKING WOMAN 2008. 3. 20. 11:25-Analysis of Counselling via "Call for Equality" -
| Korea Women Workers Association(KWWA) United is running "Call for Equality" system to support for solving the unfair prolems that women are undergoing. The following is some parts from to "call for Equality" counselling cases fo KWWA of Seoul, Incheon and Madhang as well as Women's Oranization in Pusan from April to July. Counselling contents are summarized as follows.
Total counselling cases amount to 260. Forty-six cases of them are related to employment (delay in payment/part time/dismissal), sixteen to sexual harassment, eleven to discrimination (unfair recruiting/unfair personnel change/early retirement), forty-one to job co-operation by the capitalists and government who oppress workers to keep the, so called, industrial or financial peace in a society. The struggle to achieve legal status of the democratic union hasn't finished, yet. Still a long way to go. It's just a first step to the better society! hunting and etc. From this, we can find that 75.6% is related to employment, 26.4% to sexual harassment and 13.2% to maternity right. Employment counselling is the most biggest problem, which means serious employment insecurity to women who are working for small, unorganized companies or working as part-timers with their basic rights threatened. |
- Delay in (payment/Part-time/Dismissal -employment insecurity)
- Recruiting a successor in secret for marriage
- No retirement allowance from a small restaurant
A cook has been working sincerely for a restaurant with three other persons. The boss of the restaurant has been saying, "I am always appreciating you. I pay you more and save some deposit in a bank for your retirement allowance." But when she requested the retirement allowance at resignation, the boss said it had been *included in her payment and nothing was left for her. - Accumulated delayed payment
Payment for working for a restaurant, U$3,300.- up to December, 1995 is not given, nor is U$2,500.- up to July, 1997. At the end of 1995, the restaurant had more than five persons including part-timers, but as of now, only two persons are left. Is there any way to get the delayed payment back? - From being laid off to worse
Working for semiconductor parts company for five months, a woman has been laid off for a week. It was heard that only some staffs were called to come back for work and the others were considered to be fired. Can she get dismissal payment? Can she get paid for several days' work before dismissal? - Neither payment nor incentive for a temporary worker
670.-U$ as a basic payment and 1.70U$ per box as an incentive were confirmed at the entrance of the company which deals with snail extract, but she was not paid for the first month's job and quitted. She did not still get paid. (Pusan, Distribution) - Pushed her from front desk to restaurant service
On the pretext of reorganization, three women having chief positions were transferred to front desk and three workers including front desk clerk were transferred to restaurant service without due formalities. - Unfair recruiting/unfair personnel change/early retirement
- Recruiting a successor in secret for marriage
- Client requesting a male staff
A woman who has been working for Legal counselling company was ordered to go to work on a big business company. After working for a week, the big company requested that the Legal counselling company replace with a male staff. The legal counsellor asked me to stay only still a male staff is to be stationed.She was thinking of demanding an explanation of reason but is afraid of being cut off their business relationship by the client. The big business company pretends to have the pro-woman policy but the reality is the reverse and the legal counselling company is utterly irresponsible standing on only client's right.
- Sexual harassment / Maternity right
- Stirring up to sexual harassment
- Boss beating a woman before other staffs
A woman who has working for real estate company having 20 staffs and was assumed to alienate account clerk was hardly beaten in front of five male staff by the boss. To hear the inside story, she was presumed to be the boss's wife without wedlock. - Not paid for maternity leave
She has been working after one and half month's maternity leave. She wanted two months for it, but it was tough for her considering the company's situation. But she did not get paid for that period.
A lady, who used to be an accounting clerk for an exclusive bookstore, has not got retirement allowance(U$1,100.-) for last three months from resignation. The company insists that they do not pay for the reason that the accounting balance amounts to U$1,100. (Seoul, Account clerk)
A lady is getting married soon and she thinks she will hold the job what she is doing. The boss also asked her "One week is enough for honeymoon vacation?". But in reality, the boss is seeking for a successor. The boss did not force her to quit the job and he might think she will hand in resignation by herself when a successor comes in.
A company had a recreation program and the master of ceremony bolstered up the mood of sexual harassment mating persons with each man and woman and cheering them to touch partners as much as possible.