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Statement by the Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine on the proposed reform of working hours in South Korea

  • Hee-Tae Kang;Chul-Ju Kim;Dong-Wook Lee;Seung-Gwon Park;Jinwoo Lee;Kanwoo Youn;Hwan-Cheol Kim;Kyoung Sook Jeong;Hansoo Song;Sung-Kyung Kim;Sang-Baek Koh
    • Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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    • 제35권
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    • pp.17.1-17.6
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    • 2023

  • The current 52-hour workweek in South Korea consists of 40 hours of regular work and 12 hours of overtime. Although the average working hours in South Korea is declining, it is still 199 hours longer than the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development average of 1,716 hours per year. In view to this, the South Korean government has now proposed to reform the workweek, mainly intending to increase the workweek to 69 hours when the workload is heavy. This reform, by increasing the labor intensity due to long working hours, goes against the global trend of reducing work hours for a safe and healthy working environment. Long working hours can lead to increased cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases, industrial accidents, mental health problems, and safety accidents due to lack of concentration. In conclusion, the Korean government's working hour reform plan can have a negative impact on workers' health, and therefore it should be thoroughly reviewed and modified.

  • https://doi.org/10.35371/aoem.2023.35.e17 인용 PDF