The Netmarble chapter of the National Chemical Fiber Food Industry Labor Union called on Netmarble to halt restructuring, opposing what it described as unilateral standby orders by Jampot, a Netmarble affiliate.

On Feb. 27, the union said in a statement that on Feb. 24 Jampot unilaterally placed 13 employees on standby, citing the end of a project.

The union said the company excluded the employees from their existing duties under the pretext of supporting job searches, while offering three months of compensation. It said the company presented terms that encouraged early resignation by paying the remaining two months of compensation if they left within one month.

It also said the company notified employees of a policy to pay only 80 percent of wages if they choose to wait at home. The union said the company presented two agreements asking workers to choose whether to remain on standby at the office or at home and demanded they sign within three days, effectively forcing consent to the standby order in a short period.

The union said the move amounts to a path toward recommended resignation rather than reassignment because employment measures after three months have not been decided. It described the measure as a workaround to cut headcount by pushing workers to resign with compensation, without a specific reassignment plan.

It strongly criticised that the chief executive had promised before the restructuring that even if the project were dissolved, the company would maintain employment through organisational reorganisation rather than recommended resignation. The union said it believes it is sufficiently possible to keep those affected by the project’s end employed, and said the company must take responsibility and guarantee job security.

The union demanded the company immediately halt what it called a recommended-resignation process through standby orders, and to sincerely discuss and implement an employment-retention plan for all restructuring targets.

The union said the company has no right to shift responsibility for the project’s end onto individual workers, and that restructuring that ignores job security cannot be justified for any reason. It said it will respond to the end to protect workers’ jobs and right to livelihood, and will raise the issue by all means until responsible employment measures are 마련할.