The Ministry of Employment and Labor (Minister Kim Young-hoon) announced that it will start a planned supervision of Booyoung Housing Co., Ltd. headquarters from December 15. Recently, subcontractor workers of Booyoung Housing Co., Ltd. have staged high-altitude protests in Naju and Wonju, complaining about livelihood difficulties due to unpaid wages.
This situation arose because Booyoung Housing Co., Ltd. did not pay subcontractors citing internal audits, causing financial difficulties for the subcontractors and resulting in unpaid wages for their workers. The Ministry of Employment and Labor immediately warned Booyoung Housing Co., Ltd. to pay the subcontractors according to Article 44 of the Labor Standards Act and decided to start planned supervision, considering the high possibility of unpaid wages at other subcontractors nationwide.
Through this planned supervision, the ministry will focus on checking whether Booyoung Housing Co., Ltd. violated joint responsibility for unpaid wages to subcontractor workers and will comprehensively review other labor law violations by the headquarters. If any violations are confirmed, strict measures will be taken.
Minister Kim Young-hoon stated that not paying subcontractors for unjustifiable reasons, leading to unpaid wages, is a serious criminal act that threatens the livelihood of not only the subcontractor workers but also their families. He emphasized that the current government will break the vicious cycle of unpaid wages caused by multi-layered subcontracting structures.