Icheon-si Supports Improvement of Rest Facilities for Apartment Security and Cleaning Workers

Up to 10 Million Won Support Per Complex

On the 23rd, Icheon City in Gyeonggi Province announced that it will implement the 'Rest Facility Improvement Support Project' to protect the human rights and improve the working conditions of security and cleaning workers in apartments and other multi-family housing.

Now in its fourth year since its first implementation in 2021, this project aims to guarantee the qualitative right to rest for security and cleaning workers in multi-family housing who are placed in poor environments, in accordance with the 'Industrial Safety and Health Act' which mandates the installation of rest facilities at labor sites in multi-family housing.

By category, the 'Facility Improvement' sector supports the creation of break rooms, installation of sanitary facilities, and reapplication of wallpaper and flooring, while the 'Replacement/Purchase' sector supports the purchase and replacement costs of air conditioners, sofas, and water purifiers.

The support project targets 'mandatory management multi-family housing' under the 'Multi-family Housing Management Act.' Each complex can receive up to 10 million KRW in project funds, with 5 million KRW for security workers' break rooms and 5 million KRW for cleaning workers' break rooms.

Interested complexes can apply through the local subsidy system (Botaem e) by the 21st of next month. The city plans to select a total of 18 sites through the 'Icheon City Multi-family Housing Support Review Committee' to be held in March.

Kim Kyung-hee, Mayor of Icheon City, stated, "We will continue to actively strive to improve rest conditions that satisfy all workers."