91 Filipino workers in Gangwon farms file wage complaints

Employment Minister Calls Incident “Shameful”, ‘The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced on the 1st that it has formed a dedicated team to investigate a collective wage arrears complaint involving Filipino seasonal workers employed at a farm in Yanggu County, Gangwon Province.’,
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, ‘According to the Ministry of Employment, 91 seasonal workers who experienced damages were reported as of the 31st.’,
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, ‘Minister of Employment Kim Young-hoon instructed the Gangwon Branch of the Central Regional Employment and Labor Office, which has jurisdiction over the area, to set up a dedicated team and immediately start the investigation.’,
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, ‘The Ministry of Employment plans to focus the investigation on the circumstances of the incident and the unpaid wages through the dedicated team.’,
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, “In particular, the Ministry considers that brokers may have been involved in extracting fees between the farm and the seasonal workers in this case. They plan to investigate whether this violates the ‘intermediate exploitation exclusion clause’ under labor standards law.”,
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, ‘Minister Kim Young-hoon stated, “Foreign workers in rural areas are not just supplementary labor to address manpower shortages; they are our neighbors,” adding, “We will thoroughly investigate this incident which does not align with the national dignity of our country and take strict measures against those responsible to prevent such shameful incidents from recurring in the future.”