28% of Office Workers "Did Not Receive Wage Statements"... Nearly Half of Non-Regular Workers

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] A survey revealed that the system of mandatory issuance of wage statements has not yet been properly established.

According to a survey conducted by Workplace Gapjil 119 from December 3 to 10 last year targeting 1,000 office workers, 27.8% of respondents answered that they "have not received a wage statement." On the other hand, 72.2% said they "have received" it.

By employment type, 87.8% of regular employees answered that they received it, but only 48.8% of non-regular employees said they received it. By workplace size, the issuance rate was high at workplaces with 300 or more employees (90.9%) and public institutions (80.7%). However, the issuance rate was low at workplaces with fewer than 5 employees (39.1%).

By wage level, 94.0% of those earning 5 million KRW or more per month received a statement, while only 36.3% of those earning less than 1.5 million KRW did. Among all office workers, 52.1% answered that they did not know that employers who fail to issue wage statements or issue false ones are subject to fines.

Meanwhile, in this survey, 28.8% of office workers answered that they did not even receive a labor contract. Among them, 13.1% said they "had written a labor contract but did not receive it," and 15.7% said they "did not write a labor contract at all."

Workplace Gapjil 119 announced that from November 22 to December 31 last year, their reporting center received 11 cases of non-issuance of wage statements and 10 cases of false statements, and that they will report 7 workplaces to the Ministry of Employment and Labor. This survey was conducted by commissioning the public opinion research specialist Embrain Public, with a confidence level of 95% and a sampling error of ±3.1 percentage points.

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