SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — About 6,500 workers with disabilities legally earned less than the minimum wage last year, a report said Tuesday. The report from the Korea Labor and Society Institute found a total of 6,547 workers were excluded from the minimum wage rule as of August 2021. Their average monthly wage was [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The changing working environment caused by the pandemic has led to dwindling cases of sexual harassment, a survey showed Tuesday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family conducted a poll of 15,158 employees at public institutions and private companies, with 4.8 percent of respondents saying that they had been [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A 27-year-old office worker surnamed Kim has been ‘bombed’ with three wedding invitations. Now, he has to give out 300,000 won (US$233) in cash as gifts. “There were almost no weddings happening during the pandemic era, so I didn’t have to spend as much,” he said. “Now, though, wedding [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — With a growing number of Koreans choosing to focus on their work-life balance, particularly among office workers from the MZ generation (those born between the 1980s and 2000s), companies are setting out to provide more welfare benefits to employees. Battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. introduced a “Healing Trip” [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — With office workers facing regular commutes again following the end of social distancing policies, many are complaining about heavier spending forced by higher prices and interest rates. “When working from home, I was able to cook my own meals. Now, I have to start buying meals to eat,” said [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean workers who took parental leave in 2021 decreased year-on-year for the first time since the system was introduced in 2001, government data showed Monday. A total of 110,555 workers took time off to take care of their children last year, down 1.3 percent from [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Office workers and students who had been enjoying indoor, solitary hours when social distancing measures were still in place during the pandemic are now worried about giving up that lifestyle. Those with introverted personalities, in particular, are beginning to feel more frustrations. “I was always able to use the [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies are preparing for a post-pandemic office life in line with the decision by the government to remove more than two years of virus-related restrictions. Starting Monday, limits on social gatherings and business operations will be gone while the mask mandate will remain in place, as the [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost 75 percent of people in the top 1 percent of the earned income tier work at companies located in greater Seoul area, indicating severe inequality between regions in terms of job quality, data showed Monday. Rep. Kim Hoi-jae of the Democratic Party received reports from the National Tax [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s shipbuilding industry, which clinched a string of new orders early this year, is suffering from a shortage of manpower due to poor working conditions. Centered on the port cities of Busan and Ulsan where the shipyards are clustered, this year’s shortage of workers is estimated at up [...]