SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A provision to exempt semiconductor R&D workers from South Korea’s 52-hour workweek regulation faces potential elimination from the proposed Semiconductor Industry Special Act, dealing another blow to efforts to reform the country’s strict labor laws. According to parliamentary sources on November 24, the National Assembly’s Trade, Industry, Energy, SMEs, and [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – President Yoon Suk Yeol instructed the government on Tuesday to review its proposed reform of the 52-hour workweek system by paying particular close attention to the opinions of young generations, his office said. Under the reform measures announced by the labor ministry last week, companies will be allowed to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — About 78 percent of salaried workers support the 52-hour workweek that was introduced in 2018 to reduce long working hours, a labor ministry survey showed Tuesday. According to the survey of 1,300 people, 71 percent said the reduction of the maximum weekly working hours to 52 from 68 was [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will allow its employees in South Korea to work four days a week amid concerns over the novel coronavirus, industry insiders said Thursday. Samsung will halt its minimum daily working hour system through next month and will allow its employees to take a day off if [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans put in an average of 1.3 fewer hours at their jobs in 2018, but the country still had one of the longest workweeks among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) members, official data showed Sunday. According to the Statistics Korea, South Korean employees worked 41.5 hours [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean workers have mixed feelings about the 52-hour maximum workweek due to effect next month as it could help improve productivity but reduce income, a survey by a local employment portal site showed Monday. In a recent survey of 905 workers at companies with more than 300 employees, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The government’s intention to reduce the maximum limit of weekly working hours from 68 to 52 has caused Samsung Electronics’ senior management to try a 52-hour work week test run. According to rumblings from within the electronics industry, departmental heads received memos advising them to “encourage staff to reduce [...]