Kwonikwi: "Ministry of Education Must Improve Seniority Calculation Standards for Reduced Working Hours During Childcare Period"

A recommendation has been made that childcare teachers should not be disadvantaged in salary step calculations when they work reduced hours for childcare.

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) expressed its opinion on the 17th, urging the Ministry of Education to revise the salary step calculation standards for childcare teachers who have worked reduced hours during childcare periods. The ACRC received a grievance complaint from a childcare teacher who worked four hours less per day for two years during childcare, requesting a revision of the salary step calculation standards. According to the Ministry of Education guidelines, if the reduced working hours amount to six hours or more per day, the day is counted as a full working day for salary step calculation, but if the working hours are less than six hours, only the actual working hours are recognized as career experience, which is considered unreasonable.

The ACRC judged that this is unfair because, under the Act on Gender Equality in Employment and Work-Family Balance Support, childcare teachers who take parental leave currently have their entire leave period counted as work experience. Therefore, the ACRC recommended revising the salary step calculation standards so that childcare teachers who reduce their working hours during childcare periods can have their experience counted as a full working day.

An ACRC official said, "We hope that workers will be able to use reduced working hours during childcare periods with peace of mind in the future."

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