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Women Make up 22.6 pct of Workforce at Top 600 Companies: KERI

SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Women accounted for 1 out of 5 employees at South Korea’s top 600 companies as the country moves to take full advantage of talented workers irrespective of their gender, a local think tank said Sunday. The finding that excludes financial and insurance firms showed 22.6 percent of employees in [...]

Government to Introduce Housework Vouchers for Working Moms in 2019

SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) has announced plans to introduce housework vouchers in the hopes of reducing the burden of childcare on working mothers. The housework vouchers, which are modeled after similar policies implemented in Europe, are set to be introduced as early as 2019 after lawmakers [...]