Rights watchdog intervenes after migrant worker faces deportation due to employer's error
For a migrant worker in Korea, a valid visa often comes down to administrative perfection. But when an employer fumbles the paperwork, it isn't the boss who faces expulsion — it's the laborer. The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission stepped in Thursday to rectify one case of such oversight. The watchdog agency formally expressed its opinion that a foreign employee, caught in…
In a case where an employer's paperwork error threatens a migrant worker's life in Korea, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACCRC) has intervened. The watchdog body has formally suggested that a foreign employee, caught up in administrative issues solely due to his employer's negligence, should retain his reemployment permit. Simultaneously, the commission is pushing the Ministry of Employment and Labor to rectify systemic flaws that unfairly deport blameless workers and render them stateless.
The situation involves a worker named A, whose identity is protected, who entered Korea through the Employment Permit System (EPS) under an E-9 visa. The EPS program is intended to assist small and medium-sized enterprises in addressing labor shortages. Since March 2024, A has been employed at a manufacturing facility in the country.
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