Gov’t imposes up to 20-year ban on individuals with criminal records from working as delivery drivers

A particular transportation car for people with disabilities is operated by Daejeon Metropolis. Korea Occasions file

Folks convicted of great crimes, together with sexual offenses equivalent to rape, can be prohibited from working as supply drivers for platforms equivalent to Baedal Minjok or Coupang Eats for as much as 20 years.

Equally, these with violent prison information can be barred from employment in roles associated to transportation companies for folks with disabilities.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport introduced Tuesday {that a} revised enforcement decree of the Final-mile Logistics Trade Improvement Act was permitted throughout a Cupboard assembly.

This revision restricts people with prison information from working in small-parcel supply companies for durations starting from two to twenty years, relying on the severity of their offenses.

The restrictions apply to workers of licensed supply firms or subcontractors working with licensed operators. Particular penalties embrace 20 years for homicide, human trafficking and sexual offenses; 18 years for ordinary theft; 10 years for marijuana-related drug offenses; six years for lending drug-handling licenses and two years for violations associated to drug dealing with.

With these modifications, people with extreme prison histories will face vital limitations in becoming a member of main supply platforms. Licensed supply companies at the moment embrace Woowa Bros., which oversees Baedal Minjok’s logistics, Coupang Eats Service and different key gamers.

These firms and their subcontracted businesses should examine the prison histories of their workers and potential hires by way of the Nationwide Police Company. Failure to adjust to these checks or to terminate contracts with ineligible staff inside a month might end in fines of as much as 5 million received ($3,800).

The Cupboard additionally permitted modifications to the Act on Promotion of the Transportation Comfort Of Mobility Deprived Individuals.

The brand new guidelines prohibit people with information of violent crimes, together with sexual offenses and drug-related crimes, from working in particular transportation companies for folks with disabilities for as much as 20 years. Employers on this sector at the moment are required to verify candidates’ eligibility with native police earlier than hiring.

This text from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Occasions, is translated by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Occasions.