The reality of workers who cannot rest even on Labor Day

Labor Day has become a statutory holiday, but there are still many workers on the front lines who cannot take the day off. Voices are being raised that environmental sanitation workers, specially employed workers, migrant workers, and others have difficulty fully enjoying holiday benefits because of their employment structures and job characteristics. Workers employed by an environmental sanitation company contracted with Seodaemungu in Seoul had to work as usual due to resident complaints and other reasons, and those classified as specially employed workers, such as Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance ANIKA traffic accident investigators, say it is not easy to rest because of dispatch duties and livelihood issues. Nepali workers at a food factory in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, said they had to keep working because of the company's circumstances, expressing frustration that Labor Day is not the same holiday for everyone. The article points out that, along with the significance of expanding statutory holidays, workers at workplaces with fewer than five employees, specially employed workers, and some migrant workers are still left in a blind spot in the system. It also conveyed the wishes of onsite workers who want to spend Labor Day with their families.