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South Korea hoped that a 69-hour working week would encourage more women to have children and solve the country's ageing population problem, but women say the real barrier is embedded in the culture. ....
While the government has been pushing to extend a mandatory 52-hour cap on the country s 40-hour basic workweek, a recent survey showed that people actually wish to work less than 40 hours per week. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) unveiled the results of its survey on work-life balance, Sunday, after interviewing 22,000 people aged between 19 and 59 from Sept. 20 to Oct. 7 last year. ....
President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered government officials, Tuesday, to review a proposed reform to the country s maximum weekly working hours system, which, if implemented, will see an increase to the current 52-hour workweek. ....
The government s move to increase the maximum weekly work hours to 69 from the current 52 is facing a backlash from workers, who claim that the envisioned measures will only benefit employers and force employees to work longer hours. The government s plan to reform the country s workweek system, announced on March 6, has been billed as offering flexibility beyond the mandatory 52-hour cap on the workweek, introduced by the previous Moon Jae-in administration, by extending the maximum weekly work hours to 69 during weeks with heavy workloads. The government added that workers will be granted longer vacations, instead. ....