Japan and South Korea have been pushing for more women to stay in the workforce in recent years as the two Asian nations struggle with a fast-ageing population and low birth rates. 'TIME POVERTY'Japan is ranked 121 and South Korea 108 out of 153 countries on the World Economic Forum's 2020 Global Gender Gap Index, with both scoring poorly on women's economic participation and political empowerment. Meanwhile, South Korea has the highest gender wage gap among advanced countries at 32.5% in 2019 - more than double the average for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development nations. In South Korea, COVID-19 saw work culture "changing gradually", with a preference for presenteeism among workers slowly diminishing, said Yuichiro Tsuchiyama, head of JAC Recruitment Korea, a Seoul-based recruiting firm. "Flexible working and the blurring of boundaries can also lead to more work, working all the time and the boundary blurring of work and other spheres of life," Chung said.

Source: bd News24 January 05, 2021 03:56 UTC