Seungheup Park, Former Director of Jeon Tae-il Foundation, Inaugurated as 11th Chairman of Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service

Seungheup Park, former director of the Jeon Tae-il Foundation, has been inaugurated as the 11th Chairman of the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service.

On the 30th, the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service announced that Chairman Park held his inauguration ceremony at the Ulsan headquarters and officially began his duties. In his inauguration speech, Chairman Park stated, "Anyone who works should be able to receive the protection of a social safety net whenever needed," and added, "We will expand the coverage of employment and industrial accident insurance to include non-regular workers, and widen the scope of protection for workers experiencing wage arrears, including stronger prevention measures, to realize a 'zero-wage arrears society' as soon as possible."

Seunghup Park, the 11th Chairman of the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service, is speaking at the inauguration ceremony at the Ulsan headquarters on the 30th. Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service

He also expressed plans to strengthen support for workers injured in industrial accidents. Chairman Park emphasized, "We will ensure faster and fairer judgments for occupational diseases and establish a close connection between medical care, rehabilitation, and returning to the workplace for industrial accident victims, thereby creating an industrial accident insurance system that fully supports the recovery of these workers."

He further stated, "We will build a public institution that works together with the public by creating systems that protect people."

Chairman Park graduated from Chuncheon High School and majored in Korean language education at Seoul National University. He holds a master's degree in labor economics from Soongsil University. In 1999, he established the Korea Non-Regular Workers’ Center, and subsequently served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission's Committee for Enacting Anti-Discrimination Legislation, CEO of the Labor Daily News, and co-chairman of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Job Committee.

Most recently, he served as the standing representative of the Citizens United for Democracy Forum, co-chair of the National Countermeasure Committee for Proper Construction in Korea, and director of the Jeon Tae-il Foundation.

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