Office Workers Rate Yoon Government's Labor and Employment Policies 42.8 Points... 91% Report Actual Wage Decrease

Office workers gave an average score of 42.8 points to the labor and employment policies of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration. A total of 76.8% of respondents rated the policies at 60 points or below.

Civil society organizations Workplace Bullying 119 and the Office Finance Ubuntu Foundation commissioned the public opinion research firm Embrain Public to conduct a survey of 1,000 office workers from March 3 to 10. The results were announced on the 7th.

When asked to rate the labor and employment policies, the average score was 42.8 points. Specifically, 27.3% rated 0?20 points, 15.9% rated 21?40 points, and 33.6% rated 41?60 points, meaning 76.8% of office workers rated the policies at 60 points or below. Scores of 61?80 points accounted for 18.4%, and only 4.8% gave scores of 81?100 points.

Regarding the current government’s handling of labor-management relations, 50.5% of respondents said it is "lenient toward employers and harsh on workers." Meanwhile, 23.6% said it is "fair to both employers and workers."

Those who responded "harsh on employers and lenient on workers" accounted for 7.0%, and 18.9% said "don’t know."

Additionally, 90.8% agreed with the opinion that real wages have effectively decreased due to rising prices.

Workplace Bullying 119 stated, "The government must implement policies for office workers even now," demanding a ban on the comprehensive wage system and an increase in the minimum wage.

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