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The presidential workplace says “adequate social dialogue is required” relating to requires a differential utility of minimal wage for international home helpers.
An official on the high workplace advised reporters on Friday that a number of points should be mentioned to pay lower than the state-approved minimal wage to international home helpers, together with home legal guidelines and worldwide agreements.
The feedback come as the federal government is implementing pilot initiatives on hiring international home employees as a part of varied measures to ease the burden of childcare.
At present, the authorized minimal wage is utilized in a pilot program run by the federal government and Seoul metropolis involving Filipino employees as their childcare and housekeeping providers are supplied in accordance with government-to-government negotiations.
Alternatively, the authorized minimal wage isn’t utilized in a pilot challenge run by the Ministry of Justice because the providers within the challenge are offered beneath a non-public contract that employs foreigners residing in South Korea. On this case, households might pay much less for international employees’ home care providers.
