Yoon Su-mi and over 400 other of her fellow workers of Homeplus got their first paychecks as regular employees.

Yoon Su-mi and over 400 other of her fellow workers of Homeplus got their first paychecks as regular employees. Yoon joined Carrefour in 2004 as a contractor. After the company was acquired, she was dismissed as a result of a massive layoff. But on Thursday, Homeplus announced that it completed the conversion of 430 contractors under open-ended contracts who had been with the company for more than 12 years to full-time positions. The newly-minted employees received on-the-job training to perform their senior-level positions and started to work full-time the same day. They will receive the same salaries and welfare benefits as other senior employees in the company. The company's president said they are keeping pace with the government's goal of zero irregular employment.