Last year, there were 1,586 reports of sexual harassment in the workplace...an increase of 1.5 times in four years = South Korea

In South Korea, it was revealed that there were over 1,500 reports regarding ``sexual harassment in the workplace'' last year. On the 12th, Lim Ija, a member of the National Assembly's Environment and Labor Committee, spoke to the ruling party ``People's Power''.
``According to documents obtained by the Diet from the Ministry of Employment and Labor, there were a total of 1,586 reports of sexual harassment in the workplace last year.
Last year, an average of 4.3 reports of sexual harassment were received per day.
Become. This number also represents an increase of "more than 1.5 times" compared to the 994 reports received in 2018. Of the 1,586 cases received last year, 57 were referred to prosecutors, and 93
was sentenced to a fine. In addition, there were 406 cases in which the investigation was suspended because the whistleblower of workplace sexual harassment revealed his intention to withdraw the report, and in 533 cases, the case was determined to be ``no violation of the law.''
has ended. In addition to these cases, the 350 cases classified as ``Other'' include cases where the person was classified as exempt from the law because the person was not considered a worker under the Employment Equal Employment Act.
Rep. Kim said, ``The Ministry of Employment and Labor needs to come up with practical measures so that victims can receive protection from their companies and the government before sexual crimes in the workplace turn into bigger problems.''
``Even if you are not in the position of a worker under the Employment Equal Employment Act, you must be able to receive proper legal protection from sexual harassment.''