Ministry of Employment and Labor

minister of employment and labor - Yim Tae Hee

What's New

[By Topic > Occupational Safety & Health] Five more Worker Health Centers set up to provide full range of occupational health services to workers in small workplaces Wed May 01, 2013
Worker Health Centers that provide free counseling to workers in small workplaces on health, psychological matters, work environment, and so on, have opened up in five more local areas. The centers set up this year are located ...
[By Topic > Industrial Relations] Tripartite partners take the initiative to achieve 70% employment rate Tue April 30, 2013
Moon Jin-kook, President of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions, Lee Hee-beom, Chairman of the Korea Employers Federation, and Phang Ha-nam Minister of Employment and Labor held a joint press conference at the Small and Mediu...
[By Topic > Employment Policy] Unpaid leave subsidy and job-sharing subsidy go into effect Mon April 29, 2013
On April 24th the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) gave public notice of the unpaid leave subsidy program that provides a maximum employment retention subsidy of 7.2 million won directly to workers for up to 180 days if ...
[By Topic > Occupational Safety & Health] Employment and Labor Minister urges CEOs of chemical firms to prevent chemical accidents Thu April 18, 2013
The Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) urgently held the Chemical Industry OSH Leaders Meeting attended by CEOs of petrochemical firms on April 11th (Wed.) to relieve public anxiety that has been growing due to a series of...
[By Topic > Industrial Relations] Non-regular workers engaged in jobs of regular and continuous nature in public sector to be converted to regular employment by 2015 Thu April 18, 2013
A total of 22,069 non-regular workers engaged in jobs of regular and continuous nature in the public sector* were converted to open-ended contracts in 2012. * a total of 799 organizations including 46 central administrative age...

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latest Numbers
Minimum Wage/Hour
4,860 won	2013
Labor Force Participation Rate
59.5%	Jan. 2013
Unemployment Rate (Youth)
3.4%(7.5%)	Jan. 2013
Employment Rate
57.4%	Jan. 2013