The incoming administration headed by President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol is seeking to overhaul the country's highly controversial minimum wage policy.
Up to 10 people are allowed to gather indoors, and establishments like cafes and restaurants would also be able to operate until midnight.
About 73.2% of respondents said they see value in what they do for a living in a survey conducted last year.
Over 80% of businesses also plan to hire fresh graduates among their new recruits, reported the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Under the revised Accident Compensation Act for Public Servants, sickness and death caused by workplace harassment will be compensated.
Some 254,000 jobs were added in healthcare and social services, while some 135,000 jobs were added in transportation and warehouses.
Willem Adema, senior economist in the OECD, said the move is premature and gives a completely “wrong policy signal” in the fight for gender equality.
In a poll, 95 out of 157 local companies, or 60.5%, picked jobs creation as the top policy priority for the new government.
The payment of employment insurance fees and electricity and gas bills for April and June will be postponed for three more months.
A report has found that self-employed people in South Korea are less happy than wage earners even though in many other countries the reverse is true.
The number of jobs for workers in their 60s and above rose by 243,000, recording the highest increase among all age groups.
The country’s parliament has passed a larger-than-planned first extra budget of this year amid the biggest outbreak of the pandemic to date.
CEOs have urged the next government to increase tax revenue by strengthening the economy instead of hiking taxes on businesses.
The number of people employed saw its sharpest spike in nearly 22 years in January month-on-month and was partly attributable to government spending.
This prediction is based on year-end tax adjustments of foreign employees' official tax data, with the majority of these workers coming from China.
The number of people aged 15 and above who are able and willing to hold a job is forecast to start a downward turn after reaching its peak in 2025.
Out of the female workers who worked until giving birth, 77.5% either went back to work or plan to return to work after childbirth.
Businesses face harsher sentences of a minimum one-year prison sentence or up to 1 billion won in fines in the event of fatal workplace accidents.
The number of discouraged workers in South Korea spiked to an all-time high in 2021 amid a weak labour market due to the prolonged pandemic.
An extra budget of 14 trillion won (US$11.7 billion) is being planned to support small merchants and the self-employed hard-hit by the pandemic.
Foreign companies are calling on the government to provide "clarity" and "predictability" on the tougher law relating to serious industrial accidents.
This was the most number of jobs added in seven years as the labour market bounces back to pre-pandemic levels.
The government is planning to grant 40 trillion won (US$33.2 billion) of fresh funds to small firms and the self-employed before the Lunar New Year.
A fast-track visa system for foreigners with a master or PhD degree in science and IT will guarantee legal status during their job search period.
The minimum wage for 2022 has been set at 9,160 won (US$7.7) per hour, the first time it has exceeded 9,000 won (US$7.5).
Seoul topped other cities and provinces in terms of work-life balance, a recent survey by the Ministry of Employment and Labour has shown.
As of end-2020, the country registered a total of 6,013,000 businesses, an increase of 17.8% from five years earlier.
At least one in five young South Koreans, aged 15 to 29, were job searching as of October, according to data from Statistics Korea.
The jobless rate was 2.6% in November, down 0.8 percentage point year-on-year. The rate was 3.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis.
About 75.2% of businesses said they plan to either continue remote-work policies at the current level or partially downscale it when the pandemic ends.