▲ Korea Housing & Urban Guarantee Corporation (HUG)
A public enterprise employee who spent most of their working hours accessing YouTube or providing paid fortune-telling consultations was caught in an audit and dismissed.
According to data submitted by the Korea Housing & Urban Guarantee Corporation (HUG) to Representative Kim Mi-ae of the People Power Party, a member of the National Assembly Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee, on October 7, HUG held a personnel committee in April and issued a dismissal disciplinary measure against employee A for dereliction of duty and other reasons.
Employee A accessed YouTube via their work computer every day from January of last year to January of this year.
This accounted for over 80 percent of their total working hours.
It was also reported that A left the workplace without authorization or used the fitness center during working hours, unjustly receiving related compensatory leave.
A was also caught by the company for opening a paid fortune-telling site under someone else's name on a major portal site and accessing chat sites during working hours.
It was found that A earned over 3 million won in profit through these fortune-telling consultations.
HUG dismissed employee A on the grounds that the misconduct was complex and took place over a long period, fundamentally destroying trust with the company and leaving no confirmed room for improvement.
It was also revealed that in January, Executive Director B was forwarded to the prosecution on charges of sexual harassment using occupational power.
HUG decided that B's misconduct was severe and amounted to gross negligence, leading to B's dismissal.
Representative Kim pointed out, "This should not end with disciplinary action against an individual," adding, "We must conduct a comprehensive re-examination of whether performance evaluations actually translate to attendance management, whether violations of holding concurrent jobs are properly monitored, and whether the audit data preservation system is functioning, while establishing effective recurrence prevention measures."
(Photo provided by Korea Housing & Urban Guarantee Corporation (HUG), Yonhap News)
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