SME leaders call for govt. support ahead of high costs, low productivity
Sept 5, 2017
South Korea's small and medium-sized enterprise leaders called on the government Tuesday to provide more support in the face of an increased minimum wage and reduced working hours that will impact their businesses.In a meeting with Labor Minister Kim Young-joo, Park Sung-taek, chairman of the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business, said its member companies will cooperate with the government's efforts to raise the minimum wage and reduce working hours, but stressed Seoul has to provide fi