[K-Drama]: 'Encounter' and 'Hotel Del Luna's staff has not been paid in the past 8 months

Jul 16, 2019

On July 15, a member of Human Art, the backstage team for the "Encounter" and "Hotel del Luna" projects posted a public article in an online community titled: "The staff of Hotel del Luna pays 22.5 million won"

In the post, the member of the backstage group said: “For more than 8 months, from November last year until now, I have not been paid once. In total, my friend and I were not paid 22.5 million won. ”

Encounter

Hotel Del Luna

The accuser continued: "In April, May last year, before the start of 'Encounter' production, I worked on the small web drama project and the payments for that work were also delayed. Not once did I get paid on time. My remuneration has been pushed back continuously since November last year and if I continue to work, the money they owe me will continue to increase, so I quit my job. ”

The accuser revealed that last March, he submitted a petition to the Korean Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL). However, the CEO of Human Art asked him to cancel the report and said they would be paid in April or May. However, this article writer declined and shared: "I have never been paid on time, so I cannot trust what the CEO is saying and continue to submit applications."

The CEO answered: "I will tell you something. When you reported this to MOEL, we talked about it over the phone, didn't we? I asked him to cancel the petition and if he did, I would pay him all the money between March and April. But he said he couldn't cancel it. So this is what I told the manager. Paying you as late as possible. I'm sorry, we can't pay you sooner, but since you're not actively cooperating, we won't cooperate with you anymore. Do you understand? "

The writer said: "This is the person who is leading the staff in the drama 'Hotel del Luna' of IU. The friend I worked with was diagnosed with a rare disease in April and he had to take medicine for the rest of his life. He's not healthy and can't work, and Human Art hasn't made a payment in the last 8 months. ”

In response, a source from tvN said: "The production company for‘ Encounter 'has completed their payment to the staff. Only Human Art has not paid their employees. We have issued a warning to Human Art through the production company to solve the problem as soon as possible. ”