About 40% of foreign workers have temporary job in S. Korea
- 5 years ago
외국인근로자 10명중 4명은 임시•일용직…1년새 14% 늘어
Roughly 40 percent of foreign workers in the nation are in temporary employment.
But the number of those who earn a living wage has increased.
Choi Si-young breaks down the report by Statistics Korea.
There are 930-thousand foreign workers in South Korea, excluding recently naturalized citizens, and about 40 percent of those workers make a living through a temporary job.
The number of foreign workers in temporary employment has increased by 14 percent on-year. Temporary employment is defined as having an employment contract of less than twelve months in length.
The number of foreign workers who make less than 18-hundred U.S. dollars or 2 million won -- considered an approximation of the monthly living wage -- stood at around 40 percent.
That figure is five percent lower than last year, something that Statistics Korea attributes to the rise in the legal minimum wage this year.
Out of 13,500 foreign workers interviewed for the survey, about 70 percent said they were satisfied with their work... while only 5 percent are discontent with their jobs.
Roughly 60 percent said they were also satisfied with how much they earn whereas 11 percent were not satisfied.
About 45 percent of the foreign workforce are in the manufacturing industry followed by 19 percent in the food and lodging sectors and 16 percent in the public sector.
Choi Si-young, Arirang News.
Roughly 40 percent of foreign workers in the nation are in temporary employment.
But the number of those who earn a living wage has increased.
Choi Si-young breaks down the report by Statistics Korea.
There are 930-thousand foreign workers in South Korea, excluding recently naturalized citizens, and about 40 percent of those workers make a living through a temporary job.
The number of foreign workers in temporary employment has increased by 14 percent on-year. Temporary employment is defined as having an employment contract of less than twelve months in length.
The number of foreign workers who make less than 18-hundred U.S. dollars or 2 million won -- considered an approximation of the monthly living wage -- stood at around 40 percent.
That figure is five percent lower than last year, something that Statistics Korea attributes to the rise in the legal minimum wage this year.
Out of 13,500 foreign workers interviewed for the survey, about 70 percent said they were satisfied with their work... while only 5 percent are discontent with their jobs.
Roughly 60 percent said they were also satisfied with how much they earn whereas 11 percent were not satisfied.
About 45 percent of the foreign workforce are in the manufacturing industry followed by 19 percent in the food and lodging sectors and 16 percent in the public sector.
Choi Si-young, Arirang News.