Temporary Workers Worried About Unstable Job Status.

From: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea) | Date: April 24, 2000 | Copyright information

Temporary workers hired under the ``labor lease'' system are getting worried about job security since their two-year contracts expire in July.

Labor unions and employers have failed to narrow their difference on the extension of the two-year contract period.

The labor lease system was introduced in July 1998 in a desperate move to help companies cut labor costs following the 1997 financial turmoil and economic crisis.

The system bans businesses fro...

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