4 out of 10 workers working on temporary holidays do not receive Holiday Pay

A survey showed that 4 out of 10 office workers do not receive holiday work allowance even if they work on temporary holidays.

According to Incruit on the 26th, as a result of a survey of 927 office workers on the 21st and 22nd to determine whether they would be closed on the special holiday on October 2nd, 14.7% of respondents answered that they would ‘go to work.’

As a result of cross-analyzing respondents who answered that they go to work by company size, the percentage of small businesses with less than 5 employees was the highest at 33.3%. This was followed by small and medium-sized enterprises (13.9%), large corporations (12.4%), medium-sized enterprises (11.9%), and public institutions (7.1%).

The reason for going to work on temporary holidays was ‘the company told me to go to work’ (46.3%), which accounted for nearly half of the respondents. This was followed by ‘scheduled work’ (27.2%) and ‘required minimum number of people’ (16.9%).

Businesses with more than five employees must pay holiday work allowance or agree to grant alternative leave when employees work on temporary holidays.

However, 4 out of 10 respondents (41.9%) responded that they do not receive holiday work pay or alternative leave. 41.9% of respondents received holiday pay, and 16.2% received alternative leave.

Businesses with fewer than five employees are not subject to Article 56 of the Labor Standards Act and therefore cannot receive protection such as payment of allowances. 64.2% of respondents expressed their opposition to this provision of the Labor Standards Act.

(Source: Yonhap News / Translation of an article : Miso from JT News)