Annual Report 2013
2012, the National Solidarity of Non-Regular School Workers staged a
one-day strike asking for employment stabilization and treatment
improvement. Like this, poor treatment for school non-regular workers
and their unstable employment became a continuing social issue.
The
Commission
reviewed
possible
alternatives
to
resolve
the
above-state problems. It met with the related persons including those
with school labor unions to discuss these social issues. The Commission,
then, recommended the government and the Education Offices of cities
and provinces that they should devise a measure to improve the wage
disparity against non-regular workers at national and public schools. In
addition, on March 21, 2013, the Commission issued a recommendation
to the Superintendents of the Education Offices who did not take action
for the change of employment type to direct employment by the Minister
of Education, Science and Technology or heads of local/provincial
governments. The Commission asked the Superintendents to take a
more active step in this regard.
E. Recommendation on Increasing Compliance with Minimum
Wage Level
The National Assembly asked the NHRCK for its opinion on the
minimum wage level. This caused the Commission to issue, on May 9,
2013, a policy recommendation for increasing compliance with the
minimum wage level. For this, it discussed this matter with the related
authorities and hosted a round table with the experts. Further, it took
notice of the considerable influence of the minimum wage level which is
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II. Major Activities of the Commission