2019년 한국의 일주일 최대근무시간은 몇 시간인가?
Working hours in South Korea are quite long compared to other OECD countries because the working hours are related to Korean economic growth. Since the 1960s, economy of South Korea was begun to transform from agricultural economy into industrialized and high-technological economy. The South Korea’s per capita GDP sharply increased from US $100 in 1963 to US $35,300 in 2014 and finally South Korea becomes the country that has 20th largest economies in the world. In the process, many workers have contributed to increase GDP of South Korea and therefore working hours continuously increase at the same time. According to a research on OECD website, working hours in South Korea were 2,124 per worker in 2014. The figure shows Korea ranks 3rd highest working hour country compared to 1,789 hours in U.S., 1,677 hours in UK, and even the shortest 1,366 hours in Germany. In addition, the hourly minimum wage in South Korea is 6,030 won ($5.30) in 2016 and it will be increased to 6,470 won ($5.69) by the South Korean Minimum Wage Council in 2017.
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