The conservative People Power Party (PPP) said Monday it will include a “4.5-day” workweek policy based on “flexible working hours” in its presidential campaign pledges, while also getting rid of the current 52-hour workweek cap.
Companies should be able to flex their hours on their terms and agreement with workers.
Governor Kim Jin-tae hopes that the move will boost the self-governing state's appeal.
Posco will embrace a biweekly four-day work week for its office workers, the steelmaker said, with no changes in the 40-hour-per-week working hours.
Through the momentum of the Supreme Court ruling, the government must come up with a creative proposal to fix the workhour limit that can please both employers and employees.
Samsung Electronics is giving a shot at a flexible work schedule that allows employees to take have a four-day workweek once each month, on the condition that they have satisfied their monthly required working hours.
As flexibility is key to labor reform, it must change the rigid 52-hour workweek more flexibly than before.
Confusion continues over Korea’s plan for an extended workweek, after President Yoon Suk Yeol proposed to keep weekly working hours below 60 — taking a step back from the original plan of allowing a maximum 69-hour workweek.
For the flextime to work, Korea’s work culture must change to encourage workers to use up their rightful rest period.
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