SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Poverty and low educational attainment are significantly delaying young South Koreans’ transition into adulthood — from employment to leaving home to marriage — while also deepening psychological distress, according to a government-funded study released Tuesday. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs analyzed data from more than 1,200 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – In a recent study conducted by the Korea Population Health and Welfare Association, nearly half of the pregnant women surveyed reported experiencing negative attitudes from their superiors and colleagues at work during their pregnancy. The survey, which included responses from 1,000 pregnant women and 1,000 non-pregnant individuals, highlighted the challenges [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of cases of harassment at work reported to the state labor relations commission surged last year, data showed Wednesday, largely due to a growing number of people in their 20s and 30s calling upon new labor practices. A total of 18,118 labor dispute cases were reported last [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans outside the labor force edged down 0.6 percent from a year earlier amid signs of an economic recovery, data showed Thursday. The number of non-economically active people, or those who have no willingness to work, came to 16.76 million as of end-August, down 106,000 [...]
SEJONG, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — About 67 percent of South Korean senior citizens want to keep working until the age of 73 on average, data showed Tuesday. The data from Statistics Korea showed that 9.62 million, or 67.4 percent, of the 14.27 million South Koreans aged between 55 and 79 said they want to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The results of a new study show that eight out of ten office workers were contacted for work-related duties outside of normal business hours. Although an amendment of the Labor Standards Act containing “the right to be disconnected” (the so-called Act on Prohibition of KakaoTalk chat after work), which [...]
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) – Male workers in their 40s were under the most work-related stress among all age and gender groups in South Korea, while work itself was the largest source of their stress in 2014, a report showed Wednesday. According to the report based on a survey of 195,666 workers who underwent [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The employment rate for women in their late 30s has reached its highest level in seven years, thanks to the widespread implementation of flextime scheduling. Flextime offers employees the freedom to choose their own workdays, and start and finish times. According to Statistics Korea Thursday, last month’s employment rate [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of public firms introducing the government-proposed wage system based on workers’ performance is growing at a faster rate than hoped for, despite growing labor opposition that might lead to legal battles. As of Tuesday, about 70 state-run firms and public organizations out of the total 120 that [...]