Working Korea 2022 : A diagnosis of labor in South Korea (English version)

Chapter 1. Employment Insecurity........................................................................................2 1. Employment Protection: Middle-level in the OECD.........................................................2 2. Extremely Short Service Years...............................................................................................4 3. Annual Turnover of 5.62 million............................................................................................5 4. Four in Ten workers in Non-regular Employment.............................................................7 5. Four in Ten workers in Non-regular Employment even in Large Enterprises............10 Chapter 2. Income Inequality..............................................................................................15 1. Disconnect between Wage and Productive Growth Rates............................................15 2. Labor Income Share Rebounds in 2018, after Staying below Pre-Asian Financial Crisis Levels.............................................................................................................................18 3. Wage Inequality and Low-paid Workers...........................................................................20 4. Double Discrimination from Size of Establishment and Type of Employment..........22 5. Rapid Increase in Income Inequality after the Asian Financial Crisis...........................25 Chapter 3. Fragmented Industrial Relations........................................................................28 1. Unionization Rate and Collective Agreement Coverage................................................28 2. A Decrease in Strikes, and a Surge in Unfair Labor Practices and Unfair Dismissal..30 References...........................................................................................................................34