워라밸일자리장려금 신청방법Work-life balance is an abbreviation for ‘WORK-LIFE BALANCE’ and means pursuing work-life balance. The main purpose of the government is to increase company productivity by providing incentives to business owners who reduce working hours.
In order to receive the existing work-life balance job incentive (reduction in working hours), individual workers applied for a reduction in working hours and changed their employment contracts, etc., and the incentives were paid to employers who allowed the reduction in working hours. However, starting this year in 2024, employers are eligible to receive incentives. Employers who have shortened the actual working hours (standard work hours + overtime work hours) of the entire workplace through voluntary use of flexible work, eradication of unnecessary overtime work, and creation of a free annual leave atmosphere are also eligible for support for the ‘Work-Life Balance Job Incentive’.
In order to improve the working culture practices of employees who work long hours, if the employer reduces the average weekly actual working hours per employee at the workplace by more than 2 hours, the employer will be supported with 300,000 won per month per support person for up to one year. The number of people supported is 30% of the workers eligible for support, with a maximum limit of 100 people, and up to 30 people can receive support. (However, if there are less than 10 workers eligible for support, 3 workers will be supported.)
【Use Case 1】 Indy J, a situation and emotion analysis artificial intelligence (AI) development company located in Gwangju, plans to implement a ‘2-hour early work leave system’ every Friday for all 35 employees to reduce actual working hours. no see.
【Use Case 2】 We plan to encourage the use of annual leave for all 141 employees and encourage them to leave work early by operating a ‘Family Day’ once a week.
30 people (30% of 100 workers eligible for support) x 300,000 won per month x 12 months = up to 108 million won
This is a small and medium-sized business owner who has established a detailed action plan to implement a system to reduce actual working hours and has shortened the actual working hours of all employees at the workplace.
① A workplace that has established a plan to implement a reduction in actual working hours
② The average weekly actual working hours per worker by implementation period decreased by more than 2 hours compared to the 3 months immediately before the implementation of the reduction.
③ Attendance management using electronic and mechanical methods
(Reduced actual working hours) = (Average actual working hours per week per worker for 3 months before reducing actual working hours) – (Average actual working hours per week per worker for every 3 months after reducing actual working hours)
① Submission of application for business participation (including plan)
② Notification of project participation application review and approval review results
③ Implementation of plan to reduce actual working hours
④ Submit application for incentive (every 3 months)
⑤ Incentive payment and guidance inspection
You can visit the corporate support department of the employment center in charge of your business location or apply online at the Work24 website (www.work24.go.kr).
Go to the Ministry of Employment and Labor’s Work-Life Balance Job Incentive Program
Go to the Employment 24 website
In conclusion
Today, we looked into the business details, benefits, application methods, etc. of the ‘2024 Work-Life Balance Job Incentive (Reduction of Actual Working Hours)’. For the so-called ‘work-life balance’, it seems that it is more important than anything to improve the practice of long working hours culture. In order to do so, it seems that companies must now step forward, and we hope that the ‘Work-Life Balance Job Incentive’ will create a happy environment where both companies and workers can coexist.
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