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Convenio de seguridad social entre Uruguay y Corea del Sur

Submitted by rruggia on Sun, 03/22/2020 - 12:02

El viernes 21 de febrero se realizó la firma del acuerdo administrativo que reglamenta el convenio de seguridad social entre Uruguay y Corea del Sur el 9 de julio de 2019, la que estuvo a cargo del ministro de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Ernesto Murro, y el ministro de Salud y Bienestar de Corea del Sur, Park Neunghoo.

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South Korea unveils $13.7b stimulus package to fight coronavirus

Submitted by mmarquez on Tue, 03/17/2020 - 14:11

straitstimes.com (04.03.2020) Some 2.3 trillion won will be allocated to medical institutions and fund quarantine efforts, with another 3.0 trillion won going to small- to medium-sized businesses struggling to pay wages to their workers, and child care subsidies, the finance ministry said. Loans will be made on relaxed terms to affected exporters while people who have lost their jobs will be re-trained.

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South Korea: State health insurance agency wins international award

Submitted by dfabbri on Mon, 10/01/2018 - 09:06

Korea Biomedical Review (01.10.2018) National Health Insurance Service(NHIS) will receive a special achievement award for introducing Public Health Alarm Service, at the Asia-Pacific Social Security Forum under the sponsorship of International Social Security Association (ISSA).

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Number of South Korean men taking paternity leave jumps 66% in 2018

Submitted by fabbri on Wed, 07/25/2018 - 10:28

Quartz (25.07.2018) In the first half of 2018, more than 8,000 men in South Korea went on paternity leave, according to government figures released this week, accounting for 17% of all people who took parental leave. That’s a 66% increase from the same period last year, and an exponential increase from 2010, when just over 800 fathers went on leave.

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Luxembourg: Signature de la convention de sécurité sociale avec la république de Corée

Submitted by fabbri on Fri, 03/02/2018 - 11:07

Le gouvernement luxembourgeois (01.03.2018) Le ministre de la Sécurité sociale, Romain Schneider, et l’ambassadeur de la république de Corée, Son Excellence Hyoung-zhi Kim, ont signé le 1er mars 2018 la convention de sécurité sociale entre le grand-duché de Luxembourg et la république de Corée.

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South Korea Shortens 'Inhumanely Long' Workweek

Submitted by -treichel on Fri, 03/02/2018 - 10:53

NPR (01.03.2018) Employees in South Korea work long hours: 2,069 hours per worker annually – the second-highest among the Economic Cooperation and Development states, after Mexico. In the United States, that figure is 1,783. Those long hours went hand-in-hand with the country's booming economy in the 1980s and '90s.

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South Korea's average retirement age rose to 61.1 in 2017

Submitted by fabbri on Mon, 01/29/2018 - 11:11

The Korea Herald (29.01.2018) The average retirement age for salaried workers topped 61 years last year as a law raising the retirement age for employees to 60 came into full effect, the labor ministry said Sunday. The average retirement age for salaried workers topped 61 years last year as a law raising the retirement age for employees to 60 came into full effect, the labor ministry said Sunday. The average retirement age for salaried workers topped 61 years last year as a law raising the retirement age for employees to 60 came into full effect, the labor ministry said Sunday.

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Corée du Sud: Hausse de l’allocation pour les trois premiers mois du congé parental

Submitted by monitor on Wed, 08/30/2017 - 16:45

Agence de presse Yonhap (21.08.2017) A partir du mois prochain, l’allocation liée au congé parental pourra atteindre 1,5 million de wons (1.318 dollars) par mois durant les trois premiers mois, a fait savoir ce lundi le ministère de l’Emploi et du Travail.

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La République de Corée soutient l'amélioration de l'hygiène et de santé au travail

Submitted by monitor on Thu, 07/14/2016 - 09:26

Le courrier du Vietnam (14.07.2016) Le ministère vietnamien de la Santé et l'Agence sud-coréenne pour la sécurité et la santé au travail (KOSHA) ont signé le 13 juillet à Hanoi, un protocole d'accord dans l’hygiène au travail, la prévention et la lutte contre les maladies professionnelles.

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vietnam
korea, Republic of
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