SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Workers in the southern port city of Busan have the best work-life balance in South Korea, a government survey showed Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the nation’s work-life balance index averaged 54.7 out of a possible 100 points last year, up 1.3 points from a [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top two chipmakers — Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. — are coming up with ways to ensure work-life balance for employees. During a recent meeting with female employees, Samsung Vice Chairman Han Jong-hee announced that the company will introduce a reboarding program for employees returning [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The “MZ generation,” a Korean term referring to those aged between late 10s and 30s, prioritizes work-life balance when applying for jobs, a major South Korean business lobby said. The Korea Enterprises Federation conducted a survey of 1,000 people born between 1983 and 2003, 66.5 percent of whom said [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul has the best work-life balance among metropolitan cities and provinces in South Korea, a survey showed Thursday. The Ministry of Employment and Labor on Thursday unveiled the 2020 work-life balance index for the nation’s 17 metropolitan cities and provinces based on the results of a recent survey. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Among South Korean cities and provinces, Seoul, Jeju and Busan were assessed as having a higher level of work-life balance. Seoul earned a score of 58.8 out of 100 in the work-life balance index, the highest among the nation’s 17 major cities and provinces, according to data released by [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 3 in 4 businesswomen are struggling to maintain a work-life balance, a recent study revealed. The Women Economic Research Lab conducted a study of 648 businesses owned or run by women, in which nearly 75.2 percent respondents agreed when asked if they were struggling with maintaining a [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — While the importance of work-life balance has emerged and the tendency to value individual leisure has become stronger, workers are dreaming of calling it a day on time. However, in South Korea, the reality is that there is no real possibility of leaving work on time. According to a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has found that work-life balance is the most important condition for a good job among millennial workers. JobKorea, a job search portal operator, conducted a survey of 507 workers of the millennial generation and found that the “guarantee of work-life balance” was the most important factor [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of two fathers in their 20s to 40s have considered moving or resigning because they found it hard to find a balance between work and life, according to a recent survey. According to an online survey conducted by the Planned Population Federation of Korea of 1,000 men [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Until a year ago, Hong In-young, who works at an affiliate company of Samsung Group, never thought of learning something for a hobby as she was exhausted due to endless overtime work. But since a shorter workweek system, called the 52-hour workweek, was implemented in South Korea in July [...]