In the process of examining overworked workers’ accidents
The company insisted that no data is submitted,’on-time’
The late Jang Deok-jun’s mother, Park Mi-sook, held an interview with the Democratic Party and Justice Party lawmakers along with the Environmental and Labor Committee of the National Assembly at the State Administration of the Ministry of Employment and Labor held at the Sejong Government Complex in Sejong City in October last year, explaining the schedule where the son worked. yunhap news
55 trillion won. This is Coupang’s corporate value estimated by foreign media. On the 12th (local time), Coupang announced that it had submitted a report to the US Securities and Exchange Commission for listing on the New York Stock Exchange. On the 14th, Minister of Strategy and Finance, Hong Nam-ki, also posted an article entitled’Coupang Promoting Listing on the US Stock Exchange, A Feat of Korean Unicorn Companies’. However, the news released on the 9th received relatively less attention. When the death of late Jang Deok-jun, 27, who died while working late at night working at Coupang Daegu Distribution Center was recognized as an industrial accident. With an apology, Coupang expressed the position that “Coupang Full FILMENT Service has been faithfully engaged in the investigation by the Labor Welfare Corporation, which has been conducted by applying for workers’ compensation for bereaved families, and respects this decision.” However, Kim Se-jong, the labor manager (with the labor corporation), who received the recognition of Jang’s industrial accident is different. On the 15th, Labor Minister Kim said, “Coupang did not sincerely respond to requests for materials from the bereaved family and the Industrial Complex. Even if Coupang had only properly submitted materials related to industrial accidents, he was able to receive industrial accident recognition as soon as two months. I have never seen a company that is uncooperative in submitting data like this.” Amid a series of overworked workers last year, voices say that Coupang’s attitude needs to change in cooperation with industrial accident examinations and improvement of the working environment.
■ “Overworked” vs. “On-time attendance”
On October 12, last year, Jang, who left work at 4 am after finishing night work, is found dead at 7:30 am in the bathroom bathtub at home with her parents. Jang, who had been working for one year and four months at Coupang’s daily nighttime work, is estimated to have worked 60 hours a week. Jang, who wore a knee brace due to an inflammation in his knee while working, lost 15kg while working at Coupang. Mother Park Mi-suk (53) said, “Because of muscle pain, my son soaked in the bathtub after work two or three times a week.” After Jang’s death, Coupang insisted that it was not overwork, saying, “We are linking the death of the deceased to the problem of overwork of the courier worker” through its newsroom. On October 30, last year, labor manager Sejong Kim, who was in charge of Jang’s work related to industrial accidents, sent a’Request for Cooperation of Materials Related to Industrial Accidents’ to Coupang. Labor manager Kim requested a total of 7 documents to apply for industrial accidents, but Coupang said that he did not send four items such as’work schedule’ and’work schedule’. We also requested the’original data of actual record data from entering commute card or fingerprint check’, which is essential for recognition of industrial accidents, but the survivors received only 4 months of the 1 year and 4 months Jang worked. Unlike the data provided to the bereaved family, Coupang provided the entire work history for one year and four months to the House of Justice of the Justice Party, Eun-mi Kang. Looking at the attendance record provided, it appears that Jang went to work on time at ’19:00′ at all times from June 26, 2019 to October 11, 2020. There are no days faster or slower than a minute. However, if you put together the explanations of the bereaved family and labor warrior Kim, Jang’s’regular work’ is different from reality. Mother Park says. “I heard that I take the shuttle bus at 5:10 pm and arrive at around 6 pm. Work starts at 7 PM, but they said that they had to go in 30 minutes early. He said that he had to do the whole shipment support job, so he had to prepare it in advance for the pickers and packers to work.” In the’Death and Reasons for Work Accident Deaths’ submitted by the bereaved to the Korea Labor Welfare Corporation, “After the commuter bus arrives at the workplace, from 18:30 before 19:00, returning the mobile phone, moving to the assigned workplace, and by ordinances before the commencement of business, etc. It is written that it takes about 15 minutes for each working day to be ready and waiting for business commencement, so this can also be viewed as business hours.” Workers at the Coupang Logistics Center usually use an app called’Coupunch’ to take a record of attendance before entering the site, return their mobile phone, and then enter the site. What is the reason why Mr. Jang submitted the data to the National Assembly, saying that Coupang, who has the details of the coup punch that took the time to go to work, was’on time’? “Mr. Jang did not have a special underlying disease. It is not an accident. The most important thing to recognize industrial accidents is working hours. Coupang knows too. I guess that the only reason for sending the data on’time-to-work’ was not to be recognized as an industrial accident and to reduce working hours. The work hours according to the data sent by the company were less than 60 hours per week, making it difficult to recognize overwork. Neither the bereaved family nor the industrial complex have the right to compulsory investigation, so if they do not send the data to Coupang, they cannot be forced to receive the data. “I was able to get recognition for industrial accidents sooner, even if I didn’t take the time because Coupang cooperated well.”
■ Bereaved family members who are simmering in’data not submitted’
The circumstances of the family members of the contract worker Song Amugae, 49, who were found dead of’atherosclerotic heart disease’ in the bathroom of the Incheon Logistics 4 Center in Coupang at 2 am on May 27 last year, are similar. In October of last year, Coupang sent data on the’T&A record’ to the bereaved’s request for a’time and attendance record’. Looking at the data, Mr. Song continues to work on time at ’18:00′ from March 18th to May 26th, when he first came to work. However, when Song died, a colleague who worked at the same distribution center at the same time and at the same time is different. “When I arrive at the distribution center by commuter bus, it takes about 5:35 pm. After getting off the bus, we will record your attendance at Coupunch in about 40 minutes. They usually enter the site 10-15 minutes before. When I enter late, I often get assigned to a difficult task. When I enter, I stand for 8 hours. My wrist and back hurt when I carry a’tote box’ that only has a torso all day. The leg is so swollen that it is hard to explode if you touch the calf. I took a foot bath every day.” (Colleague Kang Amugae (50)) Song also took a foot bath with swollen legs every day. Kim Amugae (79), a mother who lived with Song, said, “When I go home, my feet hurt so much. I always poured water in the basin and soaked it for an hour. I sprayed a lot of parse, so I still remember the smell.” Kim, who went out to the stop every morning to see off her son Song, who arrives at 5 am after work, is still in good shape. “I went to the stop at around 4:50 am every day. I used to walk after my son, but my son, who was drooping, had a hard time going up the stairs to the house.” Apart from the testimony of the bereaved family, it is not easy to recognize industrial accidents as long as Coupang submitted the data for’On-time attendance’. Park Young-il (Labor Corporation Somyeong), who is preparing to apply for an industrial accident, said, “The possibility of being recognized as overworked is higher only after 52 hours a week. According to the Coupang data, 20 minutes a day is eliminated, and 52 hours a week is breathtaking. Recognition of industrial accidents is inevitable,” he said. “The proof is for the survivors. Unless the company provides accurate attendance details, it becomes difficult to claim certain hours of work. I’m cautious to say, but I even think it’s because I don’t want Coupang to be recognized as industrial accidents.” According to the Industrial Accident Insurance Compensation Act, the company is obligated to faithfully submit the materials the survivors want. However, there are no penalties. It means that it doesn’t matter if you don’t submit’sincerely’. It wasn’t Coupang’s’duty’, but it wasn’t strongly demanded, but there is one more thing the Song’s family regrets. The mother Kim has not yet seen the place where her son Song died. Mr. Kim said, “I wanted to go to the site and find out what happened to everything, and I said I was waiting for the door to open, but the company said no. I said,’Does it make sense to not let parents go where the child died,’ but I still haven’t seen the place where my son died.”
■ The real increase in corporate value…
In Coupang’s industrial accident’non-cooperation’, several workers in addition to Jang and Song complained of pain. In June of last year, after working without a break for 10 days at the Coupang Bucheon Logistics Center, Contract worker In response to Mr. Ko’s 45-year-old industrial accident application, Coupang filed an objection to the Labor Welfare Corporation and refuted that it was not an industrial accident by using the expression’malicious industrial accident application’. But <한겨레> When the interview began, Coupang sent a written opinion to the Korea Labor Welfare Corporation with the expression removed, and Ko Gun was able to obtain industrial accident approval. It usually takes 10 days for Mr. Kuchin (46), who was found dead while working in March of last year, to apply for an industrial accident. Workers’ Welfare Corporation Ansan Hospital did not send Q&A for more than two months, delaying the process of industrial accidents. On October 23, when Coupang asked for an explanation, Coupang sent the relevant documents to Ansan Hospital of the Labor Welfare Corporation. Recently,’ESG management’ has been mentioned a lot in the industry. ESG stands for Environment, Social, and Governance, and ESG management means that companies should look at the impact of a company on the environment and society. As major countries and investment institutions use ESG as a measure of corporate evaluation, it is being said that ESG management is’essential’. On the 15th, Coupang announced its plan to give free stocks to employees at the site, but voices urged the company to change its attitude toward workers. Disappointed by Coupang’s attitude in the process of applying for industrial accidents, said Ko Gun, who is active at the Coupangbal Corona 19 Victims Meeting. “It is necessary to cooperate actively even in the procedure, such as submitting documents when a worker is injured or killed and filed for industrial accident, rather than being pushed to do it quickly when working. Coupang should apologize not only to Jang Deok-jun, but also to the sick, injured and dead workers working in Coupang.”
Jang Deok-jun’s work breakdown that Coupang sent to the Justice Party’s office in October last year. All commute hours are recorded as ’19:00′.
A list of requested documents sent by labor manager Sejong Kim to Coupang on October 30 last year. Coupang did not send four of these items. Provided by Kim Se-jong, labor manager
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