The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said on the 7th that it will hold the second expert roundtable to achieve employment equality at Government Complex Seoul.
The roundtable will be chaired by Vice Minister Jeong Gu-chang of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and will be held with outside experts under the theme "International cases and implications of wage transparency systems for gender-equal workplaces."
Participants will share overseas cases of operating wage transparency systems and will flesh out the direction for designing Korea's system. At the first roundtable on Oct. 30, the need for an "employment equality wage disclosure system" and its key issues were discussed.
Many countries already operate systems similar to an employment equality wage disclosure system. France has introduced the "Index de l'égalité professionnelle," the United Kingdom runs "Gender Pay Gap Reporting," and Australia operates the "Workplace Gender Equality Reporting," among others.
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family plans to develop a wage disclosure framework suited to Korea's employment realities based on this discussion. It also plans to prepare detailed measures so that disclosure of such wage information can lead to changes in perceptions on the ground at corporations and the spread of a gender-equal culture.
Vice Minister Jeong Gu-chang said, "Fair compensation is a basic principle that protects the value of labor and a starting point for creating workplaces that all members can trust," adding, "We will carefully reflect on-site opinions and push the system forward responsibly to the end so that it can lead to real change."