According to a survey conducted in South Korea for the time period of 2022, around 53 percent of respondents stated that they had not reduced their work time during or after pregnancy because it would have increased their colleagues' work burden. About 22 percent reported being discouraged to do so by their work environment or culture.
Reasons for not reducing working times due to pregnancy in South Korea from 2017 to 2022
Characteristic
Nature of job makes dividing work hours difficult
Hard to find replacements
Increasing coworkers' work burden
Increased labor costs for hiring replacements
Discouraged by work environment
Other*
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MOEL (South Korea). (December 28, 2023). Reasons for not reducing working times due to pregnancy in South Korea from 2017 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1412706/south-korea-reduced-work-disuse-reasons/
MOEL (South Korea). "Reasons for not reducing working times due to pregnancy in South Korea from 2017 to 2022." Chart. December 28, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1412706/south-korea-reduced-work-disuse-reasons/
MOEL (South Korea). (2023). Reasons for not reducing working times due to pregnancy in South Korea from 2017 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1412706/south-korea-reduced-work-disuse-reasons/
MOEL (South Korea). "Reasons for Not Reducing Working times Due to Pregnancy in South Korea from 2017 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1412706/south-korea-reduced-work-disuse-reasons/
MOEL (South Korea), Reasons for not reducing working times due to pregnancy in South Korea from 2017 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1412706/south-korea-reduced-work-disuse-reasons/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Reasons for not reducing working times due to pregnancy in South Korea from 2017 to 2022 [Graph], MOEL (South Korea), December 28, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1412706/south-korea-reduced-work-disuse-reasons/