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[2018.01.25.] The Ministry of Employment and Labor’s Mokpo branch Promotes Compliance with Minimum Wages

The Ministry of Employment and Labor’s Mokpo branch and Hanam-gun’s the person in charge visited five foreign employment sites in Haenam-gun to explain the need to comply with the minimum wage and promote ‘minimum wage problem solver’ which is the employment stabilization funds.

Park Seung-Taek, deputy head of the branch office, said, "It is a crisis for you that raising the minimum wage, but this is to eliminate income inequality and polarization in our society.“

He also urged companies to actively utilize employment stabilization funds to ease the burden of labor costs because foreign workers, who can’t get employment permits, can also support employment stabilization funds.

Business owners said, "This year, We have the burden of labor costs because sales are expected to be sluggish due to reduced workload, and the minimum wage will be raised significantly. But we will observe the minimum wage.“

And they said, “Government should make an effective plan for support small businesses.”

Park Seung-Taek, the acting director of the branch office, and the Ministry of Employment’s Mokpo branch distributed leaflets to inform employment stabilization funds to less than 30 employees include Daehan Shipbuilding.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Employment’s Mokpo branch will continue to hold on-site briefing sessions until the end of February this year to allow participating business owners to submit applications directly, without submit apply to the employment center, public corporation, and community center.