Editing Working time (section)

====South Korea====
South Korea has the fastest shortening working time in the [[OECD]],<ref>{{cite web|author=OECD |url=http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=ANHRS |title=Average annual hours actually worked per worker |publisher=Stats.oecd.org |access-date=2014-07-14}}</ref> which is the result of the government's proactive move to lower working hours at all levels and to increase [[leisure]] and [[relaxation (psychology)|relaxation]] time, which introduced the mandatory forty-hour, five-day working week in 2004 for companies with over 1,000 employees. Beyond regular working hours, it is legal to demand up to 12 hours of overtime during the week, plus another 16 hours on weekends.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} The 40-hour workweek expanded to companies with 300 employees or more in 2005, 100 employees or more in 2006, 50 or more in 2007, 20 or more in 2008 and a full inclusion to all workers nationwide in July 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?docid=782057 |script-title=ko:주5일근무제 : 지식백과 |language=ko |publisher=100.naver.com |access-date=2014-07-14}}</ref> The government has continuously increased public holidays to 16 days in 2013, more than the 10 days of the [[United States]] and double that of the [[United Kingdom]]'s 8 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2013042600691 |title=[시사이슈 찬반토론&#93; 대체휴일제 부활 옳을까요 |publisher=Hankyung.com |date= 2013-04-26|access-date=2014-07-14}}</ref> Despite those efforts, South Korea's work hours are still relatively long, with an average 1,874 hours per year in 2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/06/113_369885.html |title=Yearly working hours for S. Koreans fall by 200, but remain far longer than OECD average|date=3 March 2024 |publisher=yonhap news|access-date=2024-03-03}}</ref>