SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 40 percent of people who have reported cases of harassment at the workplace have been subject to retribution of various types, a pro-labor civic group said Monday. Gabjil 119 analyzed 1,442 tip-offs on workplace bullying cases between January and August this year in which they identified the [...]
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, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — While the overall situation appears to be improving, 1 in 4 office workers are still being subject to harassment in the workplace, a survey showed Sunday. Gabjil 119, an advocacy group for workplace bullying victims conducted a survey of 2,000 office workers, in which 23.5 percent said they had [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The labor ministry said Friday that Seoul National University harassed its sanitation workers by requiring them to take written exams that were largely unrelated to their work. The ministry carried out an investigation into allegations of workplace harassment after a sanitation worker at one of the university’s dormitories was [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — More than one in three employees at South Korea’s sports-related organizations have suffered workplace harassment, such as verbal abuse, the nation’s human rights watchdog said Saturday, citing its recent poll. According to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK), its poll of 1,378 employees at three major sports [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The new legislation that came into effect on Tuesday that prohibits harassment in the workplace is expected by many to put a stop to verbal abuse, ostracism, and other malpractices. The controversy over what constitutes harassment in the workplace, however, is likely to continue. For instance, asking male employees [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The results of a new survey show that 6 out of 10 employees working as security guards or street cleaners were found to have experienced harassment at work in the form of either verbal or sexual abuse. According to a report in “Labor Review,” a monthly periodical published by [...]
DAEJEON, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – With zero exaggeration, the experience on the app is horrifying. As soon as one launches the app, the user (victim) gets a fake phone call. When answered, a girl threatens the victim, telling her to reply to Kakao Talk messages. The app then asks the user for his or her [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is preparing a bill to toughen punishment for stalkers and plans to send it to parliament for legislation by the first half of 2017, the women’s affairs minister said. In a meeting with reporters on Thursday, Gender Equality Minister Kang Eun-hee said the government “has prepared the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study by KRIVET (the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training) revealed that workplace bullying is leading to losses of over 4.78 trillion won ($4.2 billion) each year in 15 industry sectors, with the institute calling for legal intervention against employee harassment. KRIVET analyzed 15 industry [...]