Calls are growing for fundamental measures to be implemented to prevent the recurrence of fatal industrial accidents at shipyards, as worker deaths have increased rapidly this year amid soaring shipbuilding orders in recent years, according to industry officials, Friday.
Kim, a 41-year-old construction worker employed on the night shift at a GS25 convenience store in Seoul s Yeouido financial district, had to get a side job because his wife ended up taking maternity leave beyond the paid period.
Kim, a 41-year-old construction worker employed on the night shift at a GS25 convenience store in Seoul s Yeouido financial district, had to get a side job because his wife ended up taking maternity leave beyond the paid period.
The number of South Koreans working multiple jobs surpassed 500,000 in the first quarter of this year, with older people taking up a large proportion of such workers. A total of 552,000 people here had at least one additional job while working full time in the first quarter, according to Statistics Korea data. This marked a 22.4 percent increase compared to the 451,000 tallied in the same period in 2023. While the .
Korea needs to improve the working conditions of domestic care workers and implant state-led initiatives to tackle future shortages of caregivers, instead of introducing foreign workers at below the legal minimum wage, labor experts said, Thursday.