The number one solution to the declining birthrate cited by office workers is automatic childcare leave and income security = South Korea

A survey has found that South Korean office workers cite automatic parental leave and income guarantees during parental leave as the labor policies most necessary to solve the issue of a declining birthrate.
On March 31, a civic group called Workplace Power Harassment 119 conducted a survey of 1,000 company employees, asking them what labor policies are necessary to solve the problem of declining birthrates.
In response to the question, "What would be the most important thing for an employer to do to protect their employees during childcare leave?", 27.5% answered, "The introduction of an automatic childcare leave system and income guarantee during childcare leave." An automatic childcare leave system is a system whereby childcare leave begins after maternity leave without the need for a separate application.
Next came "reducing working hours" (26.4%), closely followed by "strengthening penalties on employers who disadvantage women who give birth or raise children" (24.1%) and "creating a good workplace, such as by prohibiting the abuse of non-regular employment" (24.1%).
Based on the results of this survey, Workplace Power Harassment 119 investigated the pledges that each political party put forward for the 22nd general election, and found that
While most of the policies related to the declining birthrate, such as reducing working hours, were included in the campaign pledges, only the Democratic Party, the Green Justice Party, and the New Future Party had made pledges regarding reducing working hours.
The analysis of pledges was conducted only for the top five parties with the highest number of seats (both Democratic Party, People's Power (ruling party), Green Justice Party, New Future, and Reform New Party) excluding satellite parties.
, the Green Justice Party's general election manifesto, Reform New Party, and New Future centered on the 10 major promises submitted to the Central Election Commission. According to Workplace Power Harassment 119, the Green Justice Party, the Democratic Party, and the New
In the future, they mainly presented pledges to substantially reduce working hours, such as a four-day week, a 4.5-day week, and a legal working hour of 35 hours a week.
However, the power of the people is not limited to working hours, except for ``promoting dialogue to apply public holidays in workplaces with fewer than 5 employees.''
No commitment was made regarding shortening the period. It has been confirmed that the New Reform Party has not included any policies related to the declining birthrate, such as the introduction of an automatic childcare leave system, or policies to shorten working hours, as part of its 10 major pledges.
Workplace Power Harassment 119: ``Many office workers have complained that they cannot give birth and raise children without shortening legal working hours, but the government and ruling party are not seriously addressing this.
I can't accept it. The 22nd National Diet must make shortening working hours a priority."