South Korea Cuts Its Work Limit From 68 Hours a Week To 52 (cnn.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: South Korea has lowered its maximum working hours from 68 hours a week to 52 hours. The legislation, which went into effect Sunday, received overwhelming support in the National Assembly in an effort to limit the time employees spend on the job. South Korea has the third highest number of hours worked of 37 countries tracked by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, with the average person in South Korea working about 2,024 hours in 2017, or approximately 38.9 hours a week.

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Great idea

[cmdr_klarg]

Now let's do that here in the US. No exceptions. If the job requires more than 50 hours to accomplish then you need more people doing it. If you can't afford to have more people doing the job then you shouldn't be in business.

vote union we really them now more then even EU

[Joe_Dragon]

vote union we really them now more then even EU worker rights are so good

Re:38.9 hours a week. ? Thats weak

[JustNiz]

yeah. I've seen plenty of companies that expect (i.e. dont even ask) you to work an extra 15 hours/week UNPAID just because they are missing a deadline which they promise is an exceptional situation but is clearly planned in and happens every other week .I mean we hired you because you're a team player right? Also factor in that many US companies start employees on 10 days/year paid leave and then have the balls to even take 2 or 3 of those back for non-voluntary shutdown over Christmas, and I would argue the US has some of the most oppressed salaried employees in the world.