{"id":261896,"date":"2026-05-25T01:31:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/25\/south-koreas-labor-policy-under-fire-93-say-government-hasnt-done-enough\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T01:31:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:31:39","slug":"south-koreas-labor-policy-under-fire-93-say-government-hasnt-done-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/05\/25\/south-koreas-labor-policy-under-fire-93-say-government-hasnt-done-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea&#8217;s Labor Policy Under Fire: 93% Say Government Hasn&#8217;t Done Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation result.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n<figure class=\"photo-layout\" image photo_711586 float-center data-idxno=\"711586\" data-type=\"photo\" style=\"display:inline-block;\" max-width:1280px>\n  <img alt=\"src=https:\/\/www.daejonilbo.com\/news\/photo\/202605\/2277113_711586_5447.jpg\" width=\"1280\"><figcaption>\n   President Lee Jae-myung. Yonhap News<br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A civic group says the Lee Jae-myung administration has fallen short in closing gaps in labor law as it nears its first anniversary.<\/p>\n<p> Workplace Bullying 119 surveyed 105 staff \u2014 including labor consultants, attorneys and activists \u2014 and published the results on the 24th in a report titled One Year of the Lee Jae-myung Government&#8217;s Labor Policy: Expectations and Evaluation. The survey found 50.4% of respondents said the government is handling labor policy poorly.<\/p>\n<p> Roughly 49.5% said labor policy is being carried out well. Yet 93.3% judged that the Lee administration has not done enough to address blind spots in labor law.<\/p>\n<p> Respondents identified extending labor law coverage to workplaces with fewer than five employees as the most deficient policy (67.62%), followed by protections for gig, platform and freelance workers (45.71%), closing the gender pay gap (21.90%), and protecting migrant workers (19.05%).<\/p>\n<p> By contrast, 56.1% of respondents said the government performed well on preventing industrial and major workplace accidents.<\/p>\n<p> Other measures that drew notable approval included guaranteeing basic labor rights \u2014 such as amendments to Articles 2 and 3 of the Trade Union Act (54.2%) \u2014 eradicating wage arrears (24.7%), ending lump-sum pay arrangements and unpaid work (23.8%), and expanding work\u2013family balance policies (17.14%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A citizen group&#8217;s evaluation shows the Lee Jae-myung government is failing to 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