[Graphic News] Maternity leave usage highest among teachers, civil servants
Social affairsOct 4, 2016
About 76 percent of government workers and teachers at public schools who become pregnant use state-provided maternity leave system.The rate is more than double the usage of women working at private companies, a report by a state-funded research institute found.According to the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, workers at institutes that were either state-funded or have received government investments followed at 66.7 percent, while take-up among women at private companies lingered