Extended Unpaid Family Care Leave

online resource

posted on 2023-11-06, 21:18 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

The exisitng unpaid Family Care Leave (가족돌봄휴가) was extended to allow people to take time off from work to care for their children and other family members

History

Country

South Korea

Policy Area

Parental leave

Measure

Unpaid parental leave

Eligibility

Employed or self-employed individuals who had to care for children aged 18 and under due to COVID-19 infection, self-isolation or closure of ECEC settings/schools

Type

N/A

Start / Announced Date

09/09/2020

End Date

N/A

Amount

For two-parent families: 10 additional days (i.e. 20 days as a result of the extension) For single-parent families: 15 additional days (i.e. 25 days as a result of the extension)

Total Cost

N/A

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Ministry of Employment and Labour (2020) From today, it is possible to use 10 more days of family care leave (오늘부터 가족돌봄휴가를 10일 더 사용할 수 있습니다). Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230107021735/https://www.moel.go.kr/news/enews/report/enewsView.do?news_seq=11377

Access the full dataset here

https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.22127432