Sahakyeongeum Recognized for Resolving Pension Act Blind Spots... Receives Korea Policy Award for Policy Excellence

Efforts Recognized for Enhancing Faculty and Staff Rights
Commitment to Ongoing Efforts to Eliminate Pension Law Blind Spots

On the 9th, Sahakyeongeum announced that it received the Policy Award at the 13th Korea Policy Awards in recognition of its efforts to promote the enrollment of indefinite-term contract workers to eliminate blind spots in the application of the Pension Act.

Yoon Ji-woong, President of the Korean Association for Policy Studies (from the right), Kim Hoon-joong, Head of the Pension Business Division at the Private School Teachers' Pension, Hong Hyung-duk, Chairman of the Policy Award Selection Committee. Provided by the Private School Teachers' Pension.

The Korea Policy Awards is an annual ceremony hosted by the Korean Association for Policy Studies to discover and share excellent policy cases. Sahakyeongeum was recognized for its efforts to enhance the rights and interests of teaching staff who are in the blind spots of the Pension Act. This award was the result of an evaluation of contributions as a public institution among various participating organizations.

Chairman Song Hajung said, "This award is the fruit of the dedication of our executives and employees who worked to protect the rights of teaching staff in the blind spots of the Pension Act, and it is especially meaningful as the first external institutional award for a pure pension business department," adding, "We will continue to identify teaching staff in the blind spots of the Pension Act and make various efforts to support them."

Sahakyeongeum has been striving to identify eligible individuals and expand enrollment to resolve blind spots in the Pension Act, including time-selective teaching staff and after-school teachers at kindergartens. In 2022, it expanded the application of the Pension Act to time-selective teaching staff and after-school kindergarten teachers, and from 2023 to 2024, it has contributed to expanding the pension coverage by initiating the enrollment of indefinite-term contract teaching staff under the Pension Act for the first time.