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is a friendly economic time.
Reporter Han Ji-yeon is also here today (28th).
You said that the perception of the workplace environment has changed a lot due to the corona virus?
<Reporter>
Yes, the importance of 'safety' in the work environment has increased a lot. Prior to Corona, 3.4% jumped to 22% and took second place.
Now, because there are so many confirmed cases, we don’t even consider group infections anymore, but if you look at the group infections that occurred at the previous workplace, the work environment had a big impact.
A lot of group infections occurred in call centers where people sit next to each other, and whether a certain distance between office staff is maintained and hand sanitizer is provided. This safe work environment has become important.
You may say, "But why is safety only number two?", but before Corona, the location of the office, that is, how dusty it is between home and work, and whether the workplace is near a subway station, took the unrivaled first place at 52%, with safety It was on a similar level.
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It seems that the preference for telecommuting has increased as the awareness of safety has increased, but is that really the case?
How is it?
<Reporter>
Yes, when I looked up data from the National Statistical Office, it was found that the number of workers who worked from home or telecommuting during the two years of the corona virus surged 12 times in two years.
Although telecommuting has the advantage of reducing the time and cost of commuting, in this survey, 'home is better' was not unexpectedly found.
Office workers said that they would rather go to work, with 37% saying they prefer working in a designated seat in the office the most.
'Hybrid work', a mixture of work and home, is second with a very narrow 0.2% difference.
Only 9.4% of respondents said they prefer to work from home, and 50% answered 'It is necessary to talk face-to-face' and 'There is efficiency'.
Also, working from home feels like working all day.
The next most common was the need to separate work and daily life.
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So, opinions such as 'I want a safe place to work face-to-face' was the dominant opinion.
You can arrange it like this.
But recently, the number of confirmed cases has been too high.
In the meantime, are you saying that the number of workplace abuse and related workplace abuse is also increasing?
<Reporter>
Yes, the number of reports of corona 'workplace abuse' received by a civic group is about 130, and it is said that it has doubled since this year.
If you look at the contents, there were cases where they were confirmed but had to spend the rest of their annual leave saying they couldn't apply for paid leave, or all three days of absenteeism were processed because they waited for test results.
In fact, paid leave is a recommendation, so it does not matter if the business operator treats the quarantine or hospitalization period as unpaid leave.
Although the government is subsidizing paid vacation expenses to business operators, the upper limit of daily support has been reduced from 73,000 won to 45,000 won starting on the 16th, and the payment date has also been reduced from 7 days to 5 days.
In addition, the cost of living support, which could be applied for by taking unpaid leave, was also reduced by more than 50%.
Also, in the 50 trillion won supplementary budget that the Presidential Transition Committee plans to organize for small business owners, office workers were excluded from support.
In order to create a 'society where people can rest when they are sick', legal and institutional foundations must be prepared.