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[By Topic > Employment Policy] Analysis of women’s employment condition Wed March 10, 2010
The Minister of Labor, Mr. Yim Tae Hee, has reported the Analysis of women’s employment in 2009 after reanalyzing the survey of economically active population published by National Statistical Office. According to the secon...
[By Topic > Employment Policy] Income and working hours in the fourth quarter of 2009 Fri March 05, 2010
【 Summary 】 󢐠Income ❍The monthly average income of a regular employee in the fourth quarter of 2009, in a workplace hiring 5 or more workers, is 2,711,000 won. This is 1.9% increase from the la...
[By Topic > Employment Policy] The voluntary reporting period for faked employment of the disabled Thu March 04, 2010
The Ministry of Labor (MOL) has set this March as the voluntary reporting period of the illegal reception of bounty for employing the disabled. According to the Employment Promotion and Vocational Rehabilitation of the Disabled...
[By Topic > Employment Policy] Decreased applications for unemployment benefits Thu March 04, 2010
The Ministry of Labor reported 88,000 new applicants for unemployment benefits this February, which is 20,000 (18.5%) decrease compared to the same period last year. In the mean time, 330.8 billion won was distributed to 417,00...
[By Topic > Employment Policy] COMWEL recruits 134 interns in the first half year Wed March 03, 2010
The Korea Workers’ Compensation & Welfare Service (COMWEL: Chairman Won Bae Kim)) opens its door to 134 prospective interns this first half year with budgetary savings prepared by its thrifty organizational spending. In th...
[By Topic > Employment Policy] Seeking ideas for vibrant employment policy Wed March 03, 2010
From the 2nd of March, the Ministry of Labor starts a new initiative of rewarding good proposals for employment policy, to invite fresh ideas to improve its employment policy schemes. This is initiated as one of the “2010 empl...
[By Topic > Employment Policy] Increasing bounty to check fraudulent benefits Tue March 02, 2010
The Ministry of Labor increases the bounty to maximum 30 million won for the reporting of dishonestly receiving employment insurance. The office announced a plan to eradicate benefits fraud on February 22. Through the revision ...
[By Topic > Employment Policy] An entrepreneur who dreams of the harmonization of human and technology : Bo Gon Kim, Korean Meister of this month Thu February 25, 2010
‘Enterprises have ups and downs depending on economic situation. But technology does not know slumps, if you have the stuff. Even though automation is an industrial trend, it is capable people who govern it.’ The Mini...

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latest Numbers
Minimum Wage/Hour
4110won	2010
Economically Active Population Rate
59.7 %	Dec 2009
Unemployment Rate (Youth)
3.5(7.6)%	Dec 2009
Employment Rate
57.6%	Dec 2009