[Photo] Minister Kim Younghoon, "Respectfully to the Children Too"

On January 26, Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Younghoon visited Sosohan Sotong Co., Ltd., a company that has taken the lead in introducing the "10 a.m. Start for Parents of Young Children" system, and gave gifts to employees' children. The "10 a.m. Start for Parents of Young Children" system provides employers with a monthly subsidy of 300,000 won per employee if they allow a one-hour reduction in daily working hours for employees with young children, without any wage reduction. Despite being a small company with fewer than 30 employees, Sosohan Sotong has been at the forefront of adopting this system. The company is also actively implementing and operating various work-life balance policies, such as parental leave, flexible start and end times, a 4.5-day workweek, and workations.

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