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It's now planning on doing the opposite thanks to labor pushback. Now 4 day work weeks are being planned
https://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.amp.asp?newsIdx=376708
That's tentatively great to hear, though I am honestly surprised that they got that pushed through there.
Now whether or not it will actually happen is something I'd like to keep an eye on. As an example, the employers side citing the freaking games industry as a good model of work-life balance is absolutely ludicrious. Hopefully the trade unions get more traction on their proposals instead.
Not Korea, but we have a similiar work culture with a lot of the same issues and been trying all sorts of reforms to cut back on people literally dropping dead from overwork and while there are some improvements, a lot hasn't stuck. People often don't report their working hours correctly, work without clocking in, and management sometimes looks the other way if they are benefiting.
Admittedly, our efforts were pretty lackluster. We tried a Premium Friday for a while that encouraged companies to give their employees the last friday of the month off. Besides having as much impact as a pizza party, I don't know a single company that did it.