SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Employees of companies in the video game industry work overtime an average of 2.6 days a week, a recent report showed. In particular, it has been found that workers in development, technology, game management and quality assurance (QA) do overtime on a regular basis. According to a survey of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government announced Thursday that it plans to designate one Friday a month as a “Day with Family,” on which employees will get to go home earlier from work, as part of its recent efforts to boost domestic consumption. However, considering that participation in the plan will [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Getting notified of work-related text messages from your boss even though you are ‘officially’ out of office after finishing your workday, no doubt, can be stressful. According to a recent survey, 86.1 percent of 2,402 surveyed Korean workers replied that they are not completely “off work”’ even after their regular work [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – As smartphones and tablet PCs have become readily available, the average working person spends an extra 1.44 hours per day or 11.3 hours per week using these devices for work related purposes. Since using smartphones or tablets to do work after working hours can be considered as overtime, many people [...]