Smartphone App Helps Part-timers

The government recently launched a new smartphone app to help young part-time workers.

With it, they can always have a signed contract for their jobs.

The app was recently created by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.

It said that many part-timers had not signed a contract with their employers.

In fact, 61 percent of teenage workers said they didn't have a signed contract.

A signed contract is an official agreement between an employer and an employee.

Without it, an employee might not be legally protected if problems occur on the job.

The ministry's new smartphone app provides templates of employment contracts.

With these templates, young part-time workers can print out a contract in any situation, even if their employer does not give them one.

This way, they can make sure that they are protected by the law.

"Teenagers are more vulnerable than adults in the workplace," a ministry official said.

"We hope to create a work environment in which young workers can be adequately compensated."

 

• Equality i|kwɑːləti   평등, 균등 (↔inequality)

• vulnerable  ˈvʌlnərəbl   (~에) 취약한, 연약한(신체적·정서적으로 상처받기 쉬움을 나타냄)

• adequately   충분히, 적절히, 그만그만하게, 평범하게   adequate ˈædɪkwət   (특정한 목적이나 필요에) 충분한[적절한] (↔inadequate)

• compensate  |kɑːmpenseɪt  보상하다 (=make up for)    보상금을 주다