SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has ruled that even when a worker’s overtime hours are not longer than the standard level designated by the government, his or her death can be acknowledged as an occupational accident as long as there was significant workplace stress. The Seoul Administrative Court recently ruled [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean workers affected by the mandatory 52-hour workweek have suffered an income reduction of about 44,000 won (US$39) per month, a government report said Friday. According to the report by the state-run Korea Labor Institute, the number of overtime hours worked by employees of companies subject to the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Overtime hours at domestic workplaces decreased last year, due largely to the implementation of the government’s 52-hour workweek policy, officials said Wednesday. The Ministry of Employment and Labor said the number of overtime hours per person at workplaces with more than 300 employees was 11.4 hours in November last [...]