{"id":2200441,"date":"2023-03-20T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T23:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2200441"},"modified":"2023-04-05T16:07:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:07:54","slug":"yoon-orders-government-to-review-proposal-for-longer-workweek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/03\/yoon-orders-government-to-review-proposal-for-longer-workweek\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoon orders government to review proposal for longer workweek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Yoon Suk-yeol <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20230316002800315?section=national\/politics\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ordered<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the government to take a complementary measure on a proposed longer workweek amid backlash from young people complaining it could deteriorate their work-life balance. The South Korean Ministry of Employment and Labor proposed earlier this month to allow workers to extend their working hours in a week to up to 69 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahn Sang-hoon, the senior presidential secretary for social affairs, told reporters that Yoon recognizes that working more than 60 hours a week is impossible. He added that the government will seek to understand MZ workers, non-union members and small and medium-sized firms\u2019 employees better. MZ refers to millennials and Gen Zs. The labor ministry first proposed to revise the 52-hour workweek because of complaints from the business community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Yoon Suk-yeol, who came into office by defeating Lee Jae-myung by 0.8 percentage points, has attempted to gain political support from his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/03\/unable-to-sway-detractors-yoon-suk-yeol-doubles-down-on-conservative-positions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">base<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 senior citizens and younger people \u2014 ahead of next year\u2019s parliamentary election. In many of his speeches, Yoon has said that he is working to improve the livelihood of the MZ generations. So, a recent <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realmeter.net\/owqihildhrglsdnlfsf\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Realmeter poll<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> showing that Yoon\u2019s approval rate fell by four percentage points in the previous week must have been a shock. Especially so as much of that decline came from the MZ generations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Koreans <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/data.oecd.org\/emp\/hours-worked.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worked<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an average of 1,915 hours in 2021 \u2014 about 199 hours more than the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development average.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/business-economy\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Business &amp; Economy<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/culture-society\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Culture &amp; Society<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/domestic-politics\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Domestic Politics<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered the government to take a complementary measure on a proposed longer workweek amid backlash from young people complaining it could deteriorate their work-life balance. 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