2015, Vol.22, No.4

Korea Social Policy Review 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 2.47

pISSN : 1226-0525
https://journal.kci.go.kr/kasp

The aim of this study is to examine empirical evidence to show how nonstandard workers and bogus self-employment workers are in precarious work condition. We constituted criteria for measuring precarious work of nonstandard workers and bogus self-employment workers based on preceding researches and ILO(2012a), and analysed the extent of precarious work using the longitudinal data. The precarious work criteria consist of two subcriteria, namely insecurity in employment contract and working condition. First, the precarious employment contract is subdivided into a contract term and employment relationship. Second, the condition of precarious work is subdivided into three domains; low wage, poor protection from termination of employment, lack of access to social benefits, limited to exercise labor rights. We analysed empirical data, the Korea Welfare Panel of 2010-2014(six-wave panel). Six-year trend of analysis of precarious work is as follows. The nonstandard workers, especially termed workers, part-timers are continuously increased and bogus self-employer are highly increased in recent. The finding applying the criteria of employment contract and working condition is that non-standard workers are more precarious than standard workers. Diverse forms of nonstandard workers are differently increased in insecurity by two criteria. An aspect of employment contract criteria considered, all types of nonstandard workers and self-employers deteriorated continuously. Although the difference on the type of nonstandard workers, the level of insecurity in access to social benefits remained high on working condition. Also, bogus self-employers are exposed to a high exclusion of social security during 6 years.

Social policy in Korea is not only policy problems but also ideological and cultural ones. It is required to investigate the ideological and cultural characteristics in Korea. The purpose of this study is to investigate the implications of social policy in Confucian political thoughts in pre-Qin period which have been formed as one of historical and cultural traditions in Korea. The implications of social policy in Confucian political thoughts in pre-Qin period have been suggested such as follows. First, the Confucian political thoughts in pre-Qin period emphasis economic policy and educational policy in boundaries of social policy. Secondlythe Confucian political thoughts in pre-Qin period and social policy share the values in social policy such as esteeming human being and equity. Third, the Confucian political thoughts in pre-Qin period have the understanding foundations of welfare state.Finally the Confucian political thoughts in pre-Qin period suggest the clue of welfare society replacing the existing welfare state.

This study examines the changes in income level and occupation for the last 6 years among those who are still unemployed after having been dismissed from the Ssangyong Motors Company in 2009. So far, regular workers who work for a large manufacturing enterprises have been categorized as ‘insiders’ of a dual labor market in Korea. This paper suggests, however, how the socioeconomic status of the regular workers immediately have been changed after the 2009 redundancy. We surveyed 187 layoff workers who are still not re-employed and tracked their social economic status. We discuss on the limitation in employment protection insurance and active labour market policy in Korean dual labour market structure.