Recently, Daesung (Big Bang) invited Lisa (Blackpink) to appear on the Youtube talk show Zip Daesung.
In a segment, Lisa took a break to edit her hair and makeup, when she saw Daesung waiting leisurely, she asked: "What are you not fixing?".
Daesung replied, "That employee has left the company." When Lisa continued to ask, " Ha left on time? , he explained: "They left the company, but they are nearby to do small things and will return later. Just be flexible.
He added later, "But I only pay them when they are actually here. If they were elsewhere, they wouldnt be paid. Lisa was impressed with Daesung's way of working and expressed: "It's not bad either. I don't need to edit at all, so they can leave."
Daesung continues to link to what Lisa may face when starting her own company: "A CEO makes you think about things like this. In the end, you will spend a lot of money in unexpected ways.
Although the conversation went smoothly, it quickly caused controversy in the Korean online community.
Some netizens criticized Daesung's methods, saying that not paying employees during waiting time is a form of exploitation of labor.
Have we really not paid employees while keeping them in waiting mode? That is a clear violation of labor law".
This is a typical example of kkeokgi (a Korean term referring to employers manipulating working hours to avoid paying employees fairly.
This is a disguised salary cut as a joke, some comments criticized Daesung.
However, some viewers also defended the male singer, saying that people were reacting excessively because this was just a humorous joke by Daesung.
One comment said: "We don't even know the details of their contracts. Everyone kept looking around and seeing everything.
Another comment analyzed that Daesung did not pay those employees during their absence from the studio, which is also reasonable.
Because if they want to receive their salary during the waiting period, employees must always be on duty to be ready to work at any time. But in this case, the staff went to work another job and could not guarantee to be present when Daesung needed them.
However, there are still opinions that even if this is just a joke by Daesung, it is completely inappropriate. This could increase concerns about the normalization of salary exploitation in the entertainment industry.
