SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is stepping up efforts to promote work-life balance, spotlighting companies that have embraced flexible schedules and reaped tangible benefits, from lower turnover to stronger hiring power. At an awards ceremony in Seoul on Wednesday, the Ministry of Employment and Labor honored 21 winners of its [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Paris Baguette, a leading bakery franchise of South Korean food and beverage giant SPC Group, is expected to faceup to tens of billions of won in fines for failing to follow the government’s order to directly hire bakers at its stores, authorities said Tuesday. In late September, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said the company violated the country’s labor law in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Employment and Labor is set to launch a government-backed counseling program for victims of industrial accidents who suffer from trauma including sleep disorder and seizures, following growing calls to help those with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Beginning in Daegu, Busan and North Gyeongsang Province, the new program [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The larger companies are, the more they hire irregular workers including contract and outsourced workers, highlighting the fact that big firms are contributing to instability in levels of job security rather having a steadying effect. According to Ministry of Employment and Labor data on types of employment at 3,233 companies [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Recently, Park, a 19-year-old part-time worker, came across a preposterous situation after she asked for back pay of 320,000 won from her previous employer. Park worked at a bar as a part-timer for about two months since February, but she was not paid properly. She asked the owner of the [...]
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 [...]
DAEJEON, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The SNS sphere is roiling with anger at a restaurant owner who gave an ex-employee back pay in five big bags of 10 won coins. According to an April 21 statement from the Daejeon agency of the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL), the restaurant owner in Chungcheongnam-do appeared [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea will have 41 ‘school-to-work’ high schools with an apprenticeship program similar to Switzerland’s by 2017. On April 15, The Ministry of Education and The Ministry of Employment and Labor said that they have been operating the apprenticeship program at nine Korean schools since November 2014, and will continue [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) is completely banning the use of asbestos in Korea, according to a statement from April 7. The use of materials containing asbestos has been gradually prohibited since January 2007. However, some industries and military facilities were exempted due to lack of substitute [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A series of incidents, including a massive round of dismissals and the suicide of a janitor at a posh apartment complex, have forced the Ministry of Employment and Labor to come up with countermeasures to protect security guards working at apartments nationwide under mostly poor working conditions. Starting next year, [...]