SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean plans to expand the period of parental leave of working parents from the current one year to one year and six months, the labor ministry said Monday. The Ministry of Employment and Labor also said it plans to increase the quota of foreign workers with non-professional employment [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — An artist management company established by world famous singer Psy has come under investigation by the labor ministry over the death of an outsourced worker during the dismantling of facilities after a Psy concert, officials said Thursday. The ministry’s Gangwon Province branch office began a raid on P Nation’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Tuesday launched a salary comparison website for domestic corporate workers as part of efforts to ease wage disparities in the private sector, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said. The ministry said its wage information system (www.wage.go.kr) discloses detailed salary brackets of private sector employees by [...]