Risk assessment for the delivery industry is ‘nil’.
“Punishment regulations for non-compliance in the UK and Germany”
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, together with Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Yong-woo, held a ‘presentation of risk assessment survey results and on-site testimony contest’ at the central conference room of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 24th.
An announcement of the results of the risk assessment survey and an on-site testimony meeting were held at the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 24th. Photo Labor and World
Jeon Jae-hee, head of the Occupational Safety and Health Department of the Construction Union of the Construction Industry Federation, said, “According to the guidelines for risk assessment at workplaces announced by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, it is stipulated that it is possible to exclude worker participation,” adding, “So, the system is being structured as evaluations are made by management supervisors, not workers.” “He pointed out.
Director Jeon said that in the case of construction sites, regular risk assessments are required to reflect the characteristic that harmful and dangerous devices always exist, but they are not properly followed. It is said that risk assessment has disappeared as regular assessments have been replaced by ‘pre-work safety inspection meetings’ (TBM).
The construction union surveyed 148 construction sites from September 9 to 30 and found that 59.3% of the sites were conducting risk assessments using TBM. 83.9% of TBMs are performed briefly, lasting less than 15 minutes. In TBM, process situations (17.2%) and risk assessments (40.9%) were shared with gymnastics. Only 17.2% of workers’ opinions were collected and reflected.
Koo Gyo-hyeon, head of the Riders Union branch of the public transport union, said, “Delivery riders are vulnerable to industrial accidents, but risk assessments have never been conducted on them because they are not legal workers.” He continued, “Due to the current platform company’s low fare system, riders continue to look at their cell phones while driving in order to catch even one more task,” and pointed out, “The risk of accidents, such as traffic accidents, is high in this situation.”
Ahn Joong-hyeon, policy director of the Korea Home Appliances and Telecommunications Union of the Service Federation, explained the field of workers who install, repair and visit home appliance rental products to inspect and repair home appliance rental products. “Workers have no choice but to smile and suffer from emotional labor even though they are stressed because of the customer evaluation system,” he said. “Current risk assessment.” “Emotional labor and mental health are missing,” he said.
Lee Seung-woo, a researcher at the Democratic Labor Institute, said, “Risk assessment systems that focus on form rather than substance are prevalent,” and added, “In the UK and Germany, there are regulations that punish employers if they do not properly conduct risk assessments.” He then emphasized, “Union participation in risk assessment is mandatory and corresponding penalties are required when the entire risk assessment process is not faithfully performed.”
The main contents of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions’ amendment to the Occupational Safety and Health Act are: △ Specifying verbal abuse and violence by customers in the risk assessment △ Defining workers as the targets of action based on the results of the risk assessment △ Worker representatives, honorary occupational safety supervisors, and worker participation and activities throughout the entire risk assessment process Time guarantees, etc. were suggested.
Reporter Namjin Han njhan@naeil.com
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