Two-day program targets worker directors at Seoul's invested and funded public institutions

Curriculum focuses on practical skills, covering the system's purpose, board activities and real-world cases

[Provided by Korea Employment and Labor Education Institute]
[Provided by Korea Employment and Labor Education Institute]

The Korea Employment and Labor Education Institute will offer specialized training for worker directors at Seoul Metropolitan Government-invested and funded public institutions to help embed the worker director system in the workplace.

The institute announced Wednesday that it will run the "2026 Public Institution Worker Director System Understanding Course" over two days beginning Thursday, targeting worker directors at public institutions affiliated with Seoul's invested and funded agencies.

The program was designed to improve management transparency at public institutions and deepen participants' practical understanding of the worker director system. It focuses particularly on building capacity to grasp the system's purpose and role — and to handle on-the-ground issues that may arise in its operation — at a time when the system's importance is growing amid shifting labor-management relations in the public sector.

The curriculum covers four areas: an overview of labor-management relations at public institutions and the worker director system; key provisions of the system and real-world issues; board activities and case studies for worker directors; and a special lecture. The training will center on cases that worker directors are likely to encounter in actual board proceedings.

Institute President Lee Jong-seon will personally deliver the special lecture, explaining the significance and role of the worker director system in public institutions. The institute expects the course to help worker directors accurately understand the system's intent and carry out roles suited to each institution's characteristics.

"Labor-management relations at public institutions are closely tied to the quality of public services that citizens experience firsthand," Lee said. "As a specialized education institution, we will continue to provide the training and support needed for the worker director system to take stable root in public institutions."

Meanwhile, the Korea Employment and Labor Education Institute was established in 1990 as the Korea Labor Education Institute and relaunched as an independent agency in 2020 under the Korea Employment and Labor Education Institute Act. It currently provides employment and labor education and works to strengthen labor-management relations capabilities for workers, employers, civil servants and youth.


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