Yoon's Pledge 'Civil Servant and Teacher Time Off' Implemented... "Actively Striving for Labor-Management Legal Foundation"

Approval of Amendment to Enforcement Decree of Public Officials and Teachers' Union Act at Cabinet Meeting on 28th
Exemption Limits Require Dialogue... "Guaranteeing Labor Movement Based on Rule of Law in Labor-Management Relations"

The 'Working Hours Exemption System (Time Off)' that recognizes the union activity time of full-time officials of public servants and teachers' labor unions as paid work hours is set to be fully implemented. This was a matter promised by President Yoon Seok-yeol during the last presidential election when he visited the Federation of Korean Trade Unions, and it was reflected in both his campaign pledges and national policy tasks.

On the 28th, the Presidential Office announced that the 'Enforcement Decree Amendment of the Public Servants and Teachers Labor Union Act,' which includes this content, was approved at the Cabinet meeting presided over by President Yoon that morning.

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During his presidential campaign, President Yoon visited the Federation of Korean Trade Unions and promised to secure management transparency in public institutions and guarantee the basic labor rights of public servants and teachers by implementing the labor director system in public institutions and the time off system for public servants and teachers. As a result, the labor director system in public institutions was implemented on August 4 last year, and following the amendment of the Public Servants and Teachers Labor Union Act on June 10 of the same year to implement the time off system for public servants and teachers, this enforcement decree has now been amended.

However, since the exemption of working hours for public servants and teachers is operated through taxpayers' money, the amendment to the enforcement decree requires transparent disclosure of the number of personnel used and the total amount of remuneration to the public. A Presidential Office official stated, "The limit of working hours exemption will be decided through sufficient social dialogue and public opinion at the Economic, Social and Labor Council," adding, "The government will continue to actively strive to ensure that rational and sound labor movements are guaranteed under the foundation of labor law and order."

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