SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Male employees will be allowed to take up to 10 days off after their child’s birth starting next month, the labor ministry said Monday, as South Korea seeks to help more people balance their work and family life. Currently, men can take three days of paid leave when their [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of fathers taking paternity leave is increasing rapidly. According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor on Sunday, in the first half year, of the total 53,494 cases of parental leave in the private sector, 20.7 percent, or 11,080 cases were paternity leave. The number of men [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of private sector employees taking paternity leave surged by nearly 47 percent last year, government data showed Wednesday, amid a societywide campaign to promote a work-life balance. According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, 17,662 male private sector employees took parental leave in 2018, up 46.7 [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday that it will raise the monthly benefits for paid parental leave from Jan. 1 onward as part of its efforts to boost the country’s chronic low birthrate. The maximum amount of monthly payment for those who take paternity leave will be set at 2.5 million [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of fathers who took time off to take care of their children jumped 65.9 percent on-year in the first half, aided by the government’s increased support for parental leave, the labor ministry said Monday. The number of men who took paternity leave reached 8,463 in the January-June [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Going on research that states that couples are more likely to have a second child when male spouses spend more time on housework and childrearing, Seocho District announced that it is working on passing a local ordinance that would entice fathers living within the district to take paternity leave [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Under an amendment to current labor laws, going forward public servants in South Korea will be permitted to work fewer hours while pregnant. According to a proposal unveiled by the Ministry of Personnel Management on Wednesday, female public servants will work two hours less during pregnancy, while those with children [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — More South Korean men are taking paternity leave nowadays, but their number still pales in comparison to that of women, data showed Friday. The data compiled by Statistics Korea showed that the number of male employees getting paternity leave came to 7,616 in 2016, up from 4,872 in 2015, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of fathers taking time off work to take care of their children is growing continuously, encouraged by the government policy that aims to further boost support for family leave, government data showed Monday. A total of 5,101 men signed up for paternity leave in the first half [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Childcare leave is no longer the exclusive domain of female public servants, with paternity leave among fathers working in the public sector on the rise. According to recent statistics, over 20 percent of the central government workers who took childcare leave were fathers, with increases also noted for employees of [...]