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dimnd
Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: Western USA
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:52 am Post subject: Korean fathers get time off beginning 2008 for birth |
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South Korean Government Planning to Increase Benefits to Allow Working Fathers to take Paternity Leave
The government of South Korea is planning to increase cash benefits and rewrite labor regulations to enable more working fathers to afford to take paternity leave. The new family-policies will become effective in 2008 and will require companies to allow male employees an unpaid, three-day paternity leave when their spouses give birth, which would not count as regular vacation or paid paternity leave that they are already entitled to. Source. Kim Tong-hyung, The Korea Times, times.hankoooki.com. To read the complete story, please click here (last visited April 23, 2006, reo). |
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mateomiguel
Joined: 16 May 2005
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| you tryin to move in on Real Reality's Racket (RRR)? |
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Novernae
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think 3 days counts as 'leave.'  |
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seoulsucker

Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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| What are the chances of employers actually granting these days to male workers? |
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Wangja

Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| The employers will grant them but the enmployees will be expected not to take them. Just like annual leave. |
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