SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — So-called ‘workations’, in which many fintech employees work as they rest, are expanding in response to rising demand for a working environment that caters to contactless business practices in the pandemic era. Viva Republica Inc., the company behind popular South Korean financial app Toss, joined hands with Namhae County [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Facing protests for a better working environment, Starbucks Coffee Korea plans to hire a significant number of new employees and raise wages for managers and staff. The local unit of the U.S. coffee giant announced that it will recruit 1,600 new employees nationwide starting on Friday in addition to [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s oceans ministry said Monday it will revamp safety measures at local seaports in line with efforts to improve the working environment and prevent accidents. The move came as the number of accidents at local ports has been rising recently in sync with economic growth and rising trade [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Pangyo, South Korea’s answer to Silicon Valley in the U.S., is home to many technology companies. Its image, however, is being tainted with a highly stressful working environment and rigid work culture. South Korea’s leading internet portal Naver Corp., which saw one of its employees commit suicide due to [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A delivery worker employed by South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. has claimed that he was penalized for releasing videos of a poor working environment to the public. Cheon Min-ho, who has been working for the company for almost a year, appeared on an MBC radio talk show on [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Monday it will launch a new set of rules next year to improve the working environment of foreign crews on local fishing boats, which centers on providing a standardized contract and guaranteeing enough break time. The latest measures came amid growing concerns that the country has [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Sunday it will launch a special probe into the working environment for foreign crewmen working on local fishing boats to root out possible human rights violations by their employers. The country plans to look deeper into the working conditions of foreign workers on local fishing boats [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Screenwriters Branch of the National Union of Media Workers conducted a survey of 580 screenwriters in South Korea, which showed that majority of them are usually hired as freelancers, leaving them exposed to the blind spots of labor law. Most of the screenwriters could not take leaves of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court on Thursday ruled that an employee suffering from leukemia after working at Samsung Electronics Co.’s chip production line should be recognized as a victim of an industrial accident. The verdict is the latest chapter in a controversy centered on the safety of the work environment [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyosung Group decided to make a full innovation in their working environment by introducing a “Work Smart” campaign abolishing written approval procedure in the work processes. From July 1, Hyosung Group began the campaign to encourage communication among workers and maximize the business result by abolishing all the processes not [...]