The Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Ministry of Education released a list on the 1st of 20 business sites that did not comply with the obligation to establish workplace daycare centers as of last year.
According to the government, in accordance with the amendment to the Infant and Toddler Care Act enacted in 2012, business sites that employ a certain number of workers are required to provide daycare centers or outsourced childcare support. The target business sites are those with at least 300 female employees or 500 employees in total.
The 20 business sites announced by the government that day did not fulfill the installation obligations because they did not fall under the exceptions specified in the enforcement decree of the Infant and Toddler Care Act. The committee for the announcement of the workplace daycare center list published only 20 sites from among 100 non-complying business sites, excluding 80.
Most of the business sites listed this time cited 'lack of childcare demand' as the reason for non-compliance. Among the 20 sites, Das had the highest cumulative count of list publications at 10. Additionally, ITCEN (3 times), Yeocheon Jeonnam Hospital (2 times), and Catholic Kwandong University International Mercy Hospital (2 times) were also found to have been caught more than once.
The full list can be checked on the websites of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
Vice Minister Oh Seok-hwan of the Ministry of Education said, 'Workplace daycare centers are a key system for balancing work and family and a means to protect workers' basic rights,' and noted, 'It is necessary to raise awareness regarding business sites that have continuously failed to comply with installation obligations.'
Vice Minister Kim Min-seok of the Ministry of Labor said, 'Workplace daycare centers not only reduce the childcare burden for working parents but are also essential for corporations to secure quality talent,' and noted, 'We will actively support the establishment and operation of workplace daycare centers in more business sites.'
Meanwhile, the compliance rate for the obligation to establish workplace daycare centers was reported to be 93.9% as of last year according to a fact-finding survey. This is an increase of 0.8 percentage points (P) from the previous year.