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People wish to work less than 40 hours per week: survey

While the government has been pushing to extend a mandatory 52-hour cap on the countrys 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.
South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol Jun Ji Hye Ministry Of Employment Korea Institute For Health Korea Institute

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Gov't move to reform workweek system faces labor resistance

The governments 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 governments plan to reform the countrys 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 ho...
Cholla Namdo South Korea Kyonggi Do Jun Ji Hye Ministry Of Employment Korea Creative Content Agency

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