Gwangju-Type Job Company Certification System

Basis of certification

  • Ordinance to promote Gwanjgu-type jobs in Gwangju City

Reasons for implementation

  • Necessity to establish the foundation to create jobs based on labor and management win-win cooperation through a great social compromise
    (one of 100 government projects), and to promote interest and participation in the Gwangju job project
  • Necessity to implement a certification system by discovering model companies that apply the Gwangju job project for the discovery and expansion of such company cases

Certification System

  • Upon a company’s request, the certification is given to a company that gets a certain score or higher in an evaluation using the Gwangju-type job index.
    Four Indices
    Guide
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    Adequate wages
    Adequate work hours
    Labor and management responsible administration
    Better relationships between prime and subcontractors
    1. “Adequate wages” refers to wages agreed between labor and management, in such criteria as wage level and wage system, while respecting the principle of fair wages guaranteed by the constitution
    2. “Adequate work hours” refers to work hours that apply shortened work hours and on-time arrival and leaving work through labor and management agreement, with its basis on Article 50 of the Labor Standards Act
    3. “Labor and management responsible administration” refers to policies (e.g., system of board-level employee representation) that secure transparency of corporate management and realize responsible management, in accordance with the labor and management agreement
    4. “Better relationships between prime and subcontractors” refers to efforts to change an unfair and unequal relationship between prime and subcontractors to a reasonable one to realize a fair industrial order

Project Management Process Until Now

  • Mar.2018 - Jun.2018Development of certification standards for Gwangju-type jobs (Gwangju Jeonnam Institute)
  • Sep.2018 - Oct.2018Invitation of public participation for 2018 Gwangju-type job certified companies
  • Oct. 16, 2018 - Oct. 26, 2018First evaluation for 2018 certification (12 companies, Chamber of Commerce & Industry)
  • Dec. 17, 2018Second evaluation for 2018 certification (Evaluation Committee of the city)

* Gwangju-Type Job Pioneering Companies of 2018: Maeil Dairies Co., Ltd. Gwangju Factory, Haitai Confectionary and Foods Co., Ltd. Gwangju Factory

Company certification evaluation criteria

Adequate
wages
  • Wage level
  • Wage disparity
  • Wage system
  • Wage agreed between labor and management
Adequate
work hours
  • Working hours
  • Institution and system
  • Working hours determined through agreement between the labor and the management
Labor and management responsible administration
  • Labor and management win-win management strategy
  • Institution and system
  • Social responsibility
Better relationships between prime and subcontractors
  • Institution and system
  • Supporting activities