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 [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The culture of so-called ‘work and life balance’ is spreading throughout small and medium sized firms in South Korea through various policies including a four-day workweek and special leaves of absence offered between national holidays. Small and medium-sized companies are beginning to offer various welfare incentives, pointed a major [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of salaried employees in South Korea work on the weekend despite the country’s push to help workers strike a balance between work and their personal lives, a poll showed Friday. According to the survey of 2,004 office employees by job search portal operator JobKorea Corp., 53.8 [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A 44-year-old cashier at a major supermarket chain, who asked to be identified only by her surname, Yoon, is perplexed over the 35-hour work week her workplace introduced this year. The full-time employee of E-Mart used to work 40 hours a week. If it were not for the reduction [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a study on work-life balance released by BC Card on Thursday, younger workers were more likely to finish work “on the dot” between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. BC Card carried out the study that analyzed the credit card details of 210,000 office workers in their 30s, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the government’s move to shorten legal working hours, an increasing number of South Korean retailers are expected to help employees achieve a healthy work-life balance. The Environment & Labor Committee at the National Assembly passed a reform bill today that prohibits employees from working more than 52 hours in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — “Work-life balance”, “feel-good value”, “more mobile” and “relationship ennui”. These four phrases espouse the lifestyle preferences of South Korea’s millennial generation, according to a big data analysis of 12 billion posts on social networking services conducted by advertising agency HS Ad. Referring to young adults born between the early [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae said Friday it will reduce its employees’ working hours to 35 per week starting next year as part of its efforts to improve their work-life balance. It will mark the first case for a local conglomerate to adopt the 35-hour working week policy, when [...]