SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The results of a recent survey show that the average Korean parent says 2.3 million won ($2,026) is the monthly economic value of providing infant care. The survey was conducted by the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education (KICCE) on 1,203 parents with children aged between 0 and [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study conducted by the Ministry of Employment & Labor revealed that 3,353 fathers took paternity leave in the first half of 2016, a 51.6 percent increase compared to the same period in 2015. Paternity leave also accounted for 7.4 percent of all childcare-related leave (45,217), which was an [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Some 75 percent of female public workers and public schoolteachers used childcare leave after having their first child, but less than half of their counterparts working at private companies did so, a study said Tuesday. The gap was even wider between female workers hired in permanent positions (46.9 percent) [...]
INCHEON, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – To help the increasing population of foreigners to blend into the local area, the Incheon city government published a guidebook for new arrivals to the city. The guidebook was published in four languages – English, Korean, Chinese and Vietnamese. A total of 2,000 copies were made of the 120-page book. [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – To support employees caring for children aged fewer than eight, the government plans to improve its childcare subsidy policy by increasing payments and disbursing the funds earlier. On June 29, the Ministry of Employment and Labor announced that it would increase subsidies to employers who grant a reduction in [...]