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Real Reality



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:22 am    Post subject: 'reduce the number of holidays' Reply with quote

Top business organizations put out a policy statement yesterday saying Korea needed to reduce the number of holidays given to workers in order to stay competitive with countries such as Japan and Taiwan. The government has said it would stop recognizing Arbor Day and Constitution Day as holidays starting next year.
by Yoon Chang-hee, Lee Min-a
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200504/11/200504112146018509900090409041.html
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weatherman



Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sad, but it is a part of the whole 5 day work week coming into practice. If only they could move thier Sunday holidays to Monday or any other work day.
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JacktheCat



Joined: 08 May 2004

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Korea has not yet discovered the concept of working short, but productive hours.

They're still slaves to working 10 hour days, of which 2 or 3 hours are spent playing Go Stop on the computer.

So, with no more Saturday workdays, they have to add on the time some where.
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bucheon bum



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:00 pm    Post subject: Re: 'reduce the number of holidays' Reply with quote

Real Reality wrote:
Top business organizations put out a policy statement yesterday saying Korea needed to reduce the number of holidays given to workers in order to stay competitive with countries such as Japan and Taiwan. The government has said it would stop recognizing Arbor Day and Constitution Day as holidays starting next year.
by Yoon Chang-hee, Lee Min-a
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200504/11/200504112146018509900090409041.html


Talk about bad news...
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