South Korean labor authorities provide labor management support to 4,000 small businesses

On the 23rd, South Korea's Ministry of Employment and Labor announced that the first "On-site Preventive Inspection Day" of the year will be held intensively over a two-week period starting from the 24th.
The current initiative involves companies of all sizes that have reported cases to the local labor inspection office.
The government will select 4,000 small-scale businesses that are short on manpower for labor management. Labor inspectors will visit the businesses directly and provide consulting on labor management in general.
This measure will allow small businesses to directly diagnose their labor management situation using a self-diagnosis sheet and provide active guidance to help them make immediate improvements on-site.
For companies where cases are still reported, the government is planning to go beyond simply dealing with the case and consider the need for labor guidance and inspection, as well as strengthen follow-up measures.
In particular, labor inspections are expected to be carried out in companies that habitually report a large number of incidents, unless there are special circumstances.
Kim Yujin, director of the ministry's labor policy office, said, "Small businesses and self-employed people who are busy with their livelihoods are being forced to work.
"It is not easy to correctly understand labor laws," he said, adding, "Companies that habitually violate the law need to be dealt with severely, but we need to ensure that small business owners and workers are not disadvantaged because they are ignorant of the law."
"We will further strengthen on-site activities by our supervisors."