Working Korea 2022 : A diagnosis of labor in South Korea (English version)

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Author(s): Korea Labor and Society Institute (KLSI)
Publisher: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Year: 2022

Language: English
Pages: 37
City: Bonn

Chapter 1. Employment Insecurity…………………………………………………………………………….2
1. Employment Protection: Middle-level in the OECD…………………………………………………2
2. Extremely Short Service Years…………………………………………………………………………………..4
3. Annual Turnover of 5.62 million………………………………………………………………………………..5
4. Four in Ten workers in Non-regular Employment…………………………………………………….7
5. Four in Ten workers in Non-regular Employment even in Large Enterprises…………10
Chapter 2. Income Inequality………………………………………………………………………………….15
1. Disconnect between Wage and Productive Growth Rates……………………………………..15
2. Labor Income Share Rebounds in 2018, after Staying below Pre-Asian Financial
Crisis Levels……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..18
3. Wage Inequality and Low-paid Workers………………………………………………………………...20
4. Double Discrimination from Size of Establishment and Type of Employment……….22
5. Rapid Increase in Income Inequality after the Asian Financial Crisis………………………25
Chapter 3. Fragmented Industrial Relations……………………………………………………………...28
1. Unionization Rate and Collective Agreement Coverage………………………………………...28
2. A Decrease in Strikes, and a Surge in Unfair Labor Practices and Unfair Dismissal..30
References……………………………………………………………………………………………………………34