Two out of three office workers said they received work-related contacts from their company after hours or on holidays.
On the 22nd, according to a survey by the civic group Workplace Gapjil 119 of 1,000 office workers, 66% of respondents said they had received work contacts outside working hours or during weekends, public holidays, or vacations in the past year. Half of them said it was "not an urgent matter for company operations."
Among respondents who were contacted after working hours or on holidays, 30.5% said they actually carried out work orders at a location other than the office. Only 8.9% said they did not respond to the contacts.
There were many late-night contacts as well. Among respondents with experience receiving contacts outside working hours, 30.8% said they had been contacted even after 10 p.m. The most common frequency was 1–3 times a month at 21.2%, followed by 1–2 times a week at 20.6%, 1–10 times a year at 18.6%, and 3 or more times a week at 5.6%.
Among all respondents, 80.5% answered "strongly agree" or "somewhat agree" to the question, "Do you agree with a bill banning work-related contacts after working hours?"
Workplace Gapjil 119 said many workers are suffering from violations of their right to rest and "free labor," noting that repeated work contacts at all hours can constitute workplace harassment.