Jeonnam Province Launches Full-Scale Campaign to Promote Work-Life Balance Workplace Culture

Low Birthrate and Regional Extinction Overcoming Project Launched... Provincial Corporations and Public Institutions Join In

Jeonnam Province is launching a project to overcome low birth rates and regional extinction, focusing all efforts on spreading a workplace culture that balances work and life.

On the 5th, the province announced that it held a pledge event for practicing work-life balance among provincial public corporations and affiliated institutions under the slogan "Overcoming Low Birth Rates and Regional Extinction, Work-Life Balance is the Answer" at the Wangin Room of the provincial government office.

The province plans to revise the "Jeonnam Province Public Officials Service Ordinance" to introduce "Happy Childcare Time (2 hours per day)" for public officials with children aged 6 to 8 and to grant 5 days of special leave to public officials with children under 8 years old.

Twenty-one public corporations and affiliated institutions under the province also pledged to participate in creating a family-friendly workplace culture that achieves work-life balance.

The event was attended by Governor Kim Young-rok, heads of public corporations and affiliated institutions, and about 200 executives and employees.

The program included presentations of best practices in work-life balance, a generational empathy talk between institution heads and employees in their 20s and 30s, a photo exhibition of Jeonnam fathers raising children, and promotion of the 318 Birth Allowance Project.

Employees from related public corporations and affiliated institutions directly shared various sincere stories as best practices in work-life balance, such as ▲wise parenting stories using flexible work schedules by couples working in the same company ▲shortened working hours for pregnant women ▲a family-friendly organizational culture where everyone wants to work ▲comfortable parenting life through parental leave systems, eliciting empathy from attendees.

The generational empathy talk was conducted as a time to understand differences in thoughts between generations and respect those differences through conversations on various topics such as marriage, childcare, family, work life, and desirable organizational culture. Areas needing improvement were agreed to be addressed through a work-life balance practice pledge.

Governor Kim Young-rok said, "To overcome low birth rates and regional extinction, expanding a family-friendly workplace culture that balances work and life is urgently needed. Starting with the Jeonnam provincial government office and 21 public corporations and affiliated institutions, I hope the culture of work-life balance spreads throughout the province and many institutions and companies join in."

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