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hot Skills Development Policy in Korea
Wed January 6, 2010
With the enactment of the Vocational Training act in 1967, Korea s vocational training policy was formally introduced. The framework of the ocational training policy was established with the enactment and enforcement of the Bas...
hot Job Creation for overcoming the crisis and realizing sustainable growh
Tue December 29, 2009
Economic Crisis and Need for Policy of Fiscal Expansion ■ “The world economy is now facing an unprecedented global crisis.” Major advanced countries, including the U.S. and Japan, are forecast to see a negative growth fo...
Employment Insurance White Paper 2009
Tue December 1, 2009
The Employment Insurance Plan of Korea has been enforced since 1995. Unlike other countries that provide the jobless with passive unemployment benefits, the Employment Insurance Plan of Korea not only supports job skillsdevelop...
2009 Employment and Labor Relations Policy in 2009 to Overcome the Economic Crisis
Fri November 20, 2009
1. Employment & Industrial Relations Measures ◆ Employment is a top priority directly related to people's livelihood. - Unemployment creates a vicious circle of falling incomes and a slump in domestic consumption, there...
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hot 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...
hot Income and working hours in the fourth quarter of 2009
Fri March 5, 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...
hot The voluntary reporting period for faked employment of the disabled
Thu March 4, 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...
hot Decreased applications for unemployment benefits
Thu March 4, 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...
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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
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