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Whatisflexiblepart-timejobsystem?
According to the government, it is a new type of labor system in which flexibility of working hours in ensured. Under the
system,employeesworkfourtosixhoursadayandareallowedtodecidetheirownworkschedules.Mostofthebenefitsprovided
toregularworkerswillalsobeofferedtoflexiblepart-timeemployees.Theyareentitledtothefoursocialinsurancebenefits―
health,pension,employmentandindustrialaccidentcoverage.
What lies beneath the adoption of flexible part-time job
Part-time
Job
Full-time
system?
workers
sharers
workers
Over the last decade, Korea’s employment-population ratio
has held steady at 63%. In 2013, the Park administration
-A maximum
-4~6 hours
-9 a.m.~6p.m.
decided to raise the ratio from 63% to 70% through
of 8 hours per
Working
-Applied to
per day, mostly
eliminatingdifficultiesthateachagegroupfacesintermsof
day, mostly
determined by
both public and
hours
determined by
employment.
employees
private sector
employers
There are several negative factors negatively affecting
women and the elderly. According to the government’s
project, ‘Employment-Population Ratio of 70%,’ as for
Job security
X
O
O
women,childcareburdenaftermarriageisthebiggestbarrier
Access to
totheircareerpath.Alongwithit,therearesocialprejudices
a benefit
against women, inflexible working hours and a lack of day-
package and
O
O
O
care centers. What weighs down on the elderly in terms of
4 insurance
employment is that the age of retirement comes quite early
policies
due to increasing labor cost based on seniority-based wage
system. After
Flexible part-time workers are paid less than full-time
the retirement,
Reasonsforquittingjobsof
employees due to their short working hours. However, the
t h e y h ave
femaleworkers
systemhasmeritsinthatitenablesthemtopursuetheircareer
difficulties with
Child
until the age of retirement unlike part-time employment. In
re-employment.
education
brief, the system offers flexibility and job-security to workers.
79,000
(4%)
Pregnancy,
“With the help of the part-time work system, women will be
childbirth
able to work as well as take care of their children, which will
478,000
Marriage
(24.2%)
lead to more social participation of women, and enhancement
928,000
(46.8%)
of the nation’s overall competitiveness.” President Park Geun-
Infantcare
Korea
hyesaidinapart-timejobfairheldatCOEXinSeoulonNov.
493,000
26,2013.
(24.9%)
ⓒStatistics
www.theargus.org
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