Welcome the Proposal of the Public Officials Act Amendment Establishing the Right to Apply for Working Hours Change for Part-Time Union Members

The Part-Time Public Officials Union (Chairperson Jeong Seong-hye) announced on the 21st that it welcomes the proposal of the partial amendment bills to the Local Public Officials Act and the National Public Officials Act, which establish the right to apply for changes in working hours, introduced by National Assembly member Lee Hae-sik (Democratic Party, Seoul Gangdong-gu Eul), chair of the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee.

Jeong Seong-hye, Chairperson of the Part-Time Public Officials Union, stated at the inauguration ceremony of the 4th Part-Time Public Officials Union on the 18th, “At the time of employment, the government promoted the introduction of a part-time general public official system that allows individuals to choose to work only the hours they desire. However, after employment, contrary to the term 'part-time recruited public official,' the 'Public Officials Appointment Decree' stipulates that the appointing authority or the recommending authority determines the working hours within the range of 15 to 35 hours. As a result, part-time recruited public officials affiliated with central administrative agencies have been forcibly reduced from 35 hours per week to 20 hours, and those reduced to 20 hours have been assigned in pairs. Due to this, some resigned as of December 31 last year and moved to private companies. In this situation, we sincerely hope that the bill proposed by National Assembly member Lee Hae-sik will definitely pass the National Assembly,” she expressed in a welcoming statement.

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