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Non-regular Workers Below 38 pct of Total amid Return to Pre-pandemic Normalcy

Non-regular Workers Below 38 pct of Total amid Return to Pre-pandemic Normalcy

SEJONG, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The proportion of temporary workers in South Korea fell below 38 percent of all salaried workers in August, data showed Tuesday, as the country gradually returns to pre-pandemic normalcy. Non-regular workers, including part-timers and outsourced laborers, took up 37.5 percent of the country’s 21.72 million salaried workers, compared with [...]

3 Out of 10 Temporary Workers Experience Layoffs During COVID-19 Pandemic: Poll

3 Out of 10 Temporary Workers Experience Layoffs During COVID-19 Pandemic: Poll

SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1 out of 10 workers have experienced layoffs since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the rate of those who lost jobs reaching nearly 30 percent among non-regular workers, a poll showed Sunday. The survey of 1,000 employees — 600 regular workers and 400 temporary workers [...]

Law Aimed at Ensuring Workplace Safety for Contractor Workers Goes into Effect

Law Aimed at Ensuring Workplace Safety for Contractor Workers Goes into Effect

SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — An industrial safety law aimed at better ensuring safe workplaces for irregular contract workers went into effect Thursday, after public anger heightened over the 2018 death of a young subcontract worker at a thermal power plant. The Kim Yong-gyun bill was passed in December 2018, named after a 24-year-old [...]

Inflation Offsets Temps’ Pay Hike over Last Decade

Inflation Offsets Temps’ Pay Hike over Last Decade

SEJONG, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Nonregular workers in South Korea have seen their wages rise nearly 30 percent over the past decade, but the increase has almost been offset by inflation, data showed Sunday. The gross monthly wages of temporary workers in Asia’s fourth-largest economy stood at 1.51 million won (US$1,410) as of the [...]