SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that one in three South Korean workers has experienced workplace harassment in the past year, marking a noticeable increase from the previous year. The survey, commissioned by Workplace Gapjil 119, an advocacy group for workers’ rights, and conducted by polling firm Global Research, polled 1,000 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) –South Korea’s Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) has initiated a special labor inspection into E-Land World following allegations that the company forced employees to practice dancing for a company year-end event. On December 22, the MOEL announced that a special labor inspection team had been formed under the Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of cases of harassment at work reported to the state labor relations commission surged last year, data showed Wednesday, largely due to a growing number of people in their 20s and 30s calling upon new labor practices. A total of 18,118 labor dispute cases were reported last [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Instances of workplace harassment have modestly decreased for the past three years after the implementation of a workplace anti-bullying law in 2019, a poll showed Friday, though the degree of abuse felt by the victims is still serious. According to the recent poll of 1,000 salaried workers by pollster [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Sickness and death caused by workplace harassment will become eligible for compensation under the Accident Compensation Act for Public Servants. The Ministry of Personnel Management announced that the revision of the Accident Compensation Act for Public Servants passed the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, setting a legal foundation for compensation [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Four out of 10 South Koreans think harassment at work has decreased since a new anti-bullying law took effect in mid-July, a survey showed Tuesday. About 80 percent of the respondents to the survey by a nongovernmental organization said they want enhanced punishment of perpetrators and the expansion of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the introduction of a new legislation that bans harassment in the workplace, one-fourth of all harassment victims were found to be suffering from mental illnesses. Gapjil 119, a South Korean civil group advocating against harassment in the workplace, said that 98 out of 377 cases (25.9 percent) reported [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — About 800 cases of workplace harassment have been reported to the labor ministry since a new law aimed at preventing harassment in the workplace took effect in July, government data showed Friday. The data, submitted by the ministry to the Environment and Labor Committee at the National Assembly, revealed [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Six out of ten South Koreans report having suffered from violence and verbal abuse at the hands of superiors or colleagues in the workplace in the past five years. According to a study from the Korea Labor Institute conducted last August into the state of workplace harassment, 66.3 percent [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A report released Monday by the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training has revealed that 29 percent of employees in South Korea have experienced sexual harassment at work in the past six months. According to the report, based on a survey of 3,000 employees from 15 industry [...]