Korea GM to Hire 260 Subcontracted Workers as Full-Time Employees

Korea GM Bupyeong Plant

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Dae-yeol] Korea GM announced on the 14th that it will directly hire in-house production subcontracted employees. The hiring scale is 260 people selected from manufacturing processes within the Bupyeong and Changwon plants. The company had previously offered employment to the targeted individuals as of the 1st of next month.

The company's labor union's upper organization, the Metal Workers' Union, and the management formed a special consultative body to discuss detailed hiring conditions for subcontracted employees. At the end of last month, they decided not to renew contracts with subcontracting companies to which the targeted production subcontracted employees belonged, in order to promote their direct hiring as regular employees.

Korea GM stated, "We clearly recognize that resolving issues related to production subcontracted workers is a critical task for the company's business normalization," and added, "Based on the proposals suggested by the consultative body, the company has decided to proceed with direct hiring of subcontracted employees working in selected in-house production subcontracted processes operating at the Bupyeong and Changwon plants."