SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of the South Korean households with infants had experienced a career interruption for childbirth and child-rearing, a poll showed Wednesday. The Korea Institute of Child Care and Education conducted a survey of 2,500 households with children under 6 years of age across the country. Half of the [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The union members of five Naver Corp. affiliates have voted to take various forms of collective action. The South Korean search giant’s labor union, ‘Joint Statement,’ said Monday that the union members of five Naver affiliates, including Ntech Service, NIT Service, Green Web Service, Incomes, and CommPartners, all voted [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Instances of workplace harassment have modestly decreased for the past three years after the implementation of a workplace anti-bullying law in 2019, a poll showed Friday, though the degree of abuse felt by the victims is still serious. According to the recent poll of 1,000 salaried workers by pollster [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Young workers at major entertainment companies and fashion stylist agencies are facing a labor legislation loophole. The Ministry of Employment and Labor investigated the working conditions at two major entertainment companies and 10 fashion stylist agencies that have been in business with these companies. According to the ministry, the [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Management and unionized workers of South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. reached a tentative wage deal on Tuesday, averting a labor strike for the fourth consecutive year. The two sides agreed to a 98,000 won (US$74.80) increase in basic monthly pay, the construction of a new electric vehicle [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — With more people returning to the office amid easing of social distancing restrictions, instances of workplace harassment have also been on the rise, a survey showed Sunday. According to a poll by Embrain Public, conducted between June 10 and 16 on 1,000 office workers aged 19 or older, 29.6 [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent public opinion survey showed that those who support the idea of raising the age hurdle for offering free access and basic pensions for seniors outnumber those who oppose it by a significant margin. Embrain Public, KSTAT Research, Korea Research and Hankook Research jointly conducted a National Barometer [...]