[Newsmaker] 9 in 10 public firms adopt flexible hours before new workweek system
Social affairsJul 4, 2018
Nearly 9 in 10 public institutions in Korea have already introduced flexible working hours well before the country's introduction of a new workweek system, government data showed Wednesday.The new workweek system went into effect this month, requiring both private and public companies with 300 or more employees to reduce the maximum working hours to 52 hours per week from 68 hours. (Yonhap)According to state portal All Public Information in One,88.9 percent of 361 state-run institutions, or 321,