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University adds social value with upcycling project

Hanyang Women's University (HYWU) is promoting a project to produce socioeconomic value through fashionable “upcycled” bags that could ease environmental and employment problems.

Labor & environment | 2018-11-22 17:13

Hard-line umbrella union holds strike

One of the nation's two umbrella labor unions went on a general strike, Wednesday, to protest the government's labor reform plan, including expanding the flexible work hour system.

Labor & environment | 2018-11-21 16:53

Workers up in arms over flexible working hours

The backlash against the government's plan to expand the flexible work hour system is intensifying from the labor sector as the nation's two major umbrella labor groups go all-out to scrap it.

Labor & environment | 2018-11-18 19:16

Workplace violence by superiors a serious problem

The recent case of employee abuse by Yang Jin-ho, the head of online data storage platforms, shocked the nation. However, statistics and reports show workplace violence by superiors, although not as serious as Yang's, is not rare in Korean companies. Between January and August, the Ministry of Employment and Labor received 515 cases of violence by workplace superiors _ usuall...

Labor & environment | 2018-11-11 16:59

Prime Minister orders bolder measures to tackle fine dust

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon instructed the government Thursday to establish an interagency team to come up with more efficient and bolder measures to tackle fine dust.

Labor & environment | 2018-11-08 11:09

Anti-fine dust measures called into question

The local governments of Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province implemented an alternate day driving ban for civil servants based on even and odd last numbers of license plates, Wednesday, as a move to curb fine dust. However, people are questioning the effectiveness of the policy, as they have not noticed any improvement in the fine dust problem.

Labor & environment | 2018-11-07 17:37

Job fair to open for foreign companies on Nov. 8

A job fair will be held for those interested in foreign-invested companies at Grand InterContinental Hotel Seoul Parnas in southern Seoul, Nov. 8, as a part of the Invest Korea Week 2018 co-hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) and the Ministry of International Trade, Industry and Energy.

Labor & environment | 2018-11-06 16:39

Long-term jobseekers hit record high of 152,000

Statistics Korea said in its latest report that the number of the so-called long-term unemployed, which refers to those failing to find jobs for more than six months, came to 152,000 a month on average over the first nine months of 2018, up 6.9 percent from a year earlier.

Labor & environment | 2018-10-28 10:06

Lack of decent jobs block marriage, birth

Lee Ae-ri, a 30-year-old office worker in the service industry, decided recently to put her wedding plans on the shelf out of concern she may not be able to afford a happy marriage due to her “unrewarding” job. “Initially, I had plans to marry young, but I changed my mind because my job does not guarantee retirement security and it is not a highly paid, specialized one,” she said.

Labor & environment | 2018-10-25 18:13

Kakao workers form labor union

Workers at Korea's largest mobile messenger operator Kakao have formed an in-house labor union that vows to challenge the company's top-down management style. “Kakao used to have a culture that values horizontal communication among employees, but its management style has become more vertical over the past few years,” Seo Seung-uk, the leader of “Krew Union,” said Thursday. “M...

Labor & environment | 2018-10-25 16:44

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