Commonality Between Toss and Megastudy?..."Failure to Comply with Workplace Daycare Installation Obligation"

Government Announces Survey on Mandatory Workplace Daycare Installation
Includes Megastudy, Han Young Accounting Corporation, Costco, and Others

A daycare center in Nowon-gu, Seoul. The photo is unrelated to the article content.

The government has disclosed the names of 27 workplaces that failed to fulfill the obligation to establish on-site daycare centers. The government plans to issue compliance orders and impose enforcement fines on these workplaces to expand workplace daycare centers.

On the 31st, the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Employment and Labor announced the results of the 2022 survey on the fulfillment of the obligation to establish workplace daycare centers. According to the survey, as of the end of last year, the compliance rate for establishing workplace daycare centers was 91.5%. Among 1,602 workplaces subject to the obligation, 1,088 directly established daycare centers, and 378 fulfilled the obligation through entrusted childcare. The compliance rate has been steadily increasing since surpassing 90% in 2018.

According to Article 14 of the Infant Care Act, workplaces with 300 or more regular female workers or 500 or more regular workers must establish an on-site daycare center. If the obligation is not fulfilled without legally justified reasons or if the workplace refuses to cooperate with the investigation, the government discloses the workplace's name.

Among 136 workplaces that did not fulfill the obligation to establish daycare centers, 27 workplaces' names were disclosed. Among them were Viva Republica, the operator of the application Toss, education companies Megastudy and Eduwill. Six workplaces that failed to fulfill the obligation again this year, following the previous year, included Han Young Accounting Corporation, Deloitte Anjin Accounting Corporation, and Costco Korea.

The government plans to notify local governments of the 136 workplaces that failed to fulfill the obligation to establish workplace daycare centers and continue follow-up measures such as issuing compliance orders and imposing enforcement fines. If there is no change even after enforcement fines are imposed more than once, the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service (Workplace Childcare Support Center) will conduct individual counseling to encourage compliance.

Lee Ki-il, First Vice Minister of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, emphasized, “Workplace daycare centers have high satisfaction among parents who use them and play an important role in balancing work and family life. We will enhance the effectiveness of the name disclosure system to ensure more workplaces establish daycare centers and reduce the childcare burden on working parents.”

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