The current system for the reduction of working hours for period of childcare reduces the risk of career-interruption while helping workers strike a balance between career maintenance and childcare, which must be expanded. Under the current Act, however, between childcare leave and reduction of working hours for period of childcare, one may be chosen and requested within a one (1) year scope, and the total number of reducible working hours is limited to two (2) to five (5) hours per day (10 – 25 hours per week).

In response, this Amendment aims to ensure that the period of which the reduction of working hours for period of childcare may be used shall be a maximum of two (2) years, and that working hours may be reduced starting from one (1) hour per day, etc. (Articles 19-2 and 19-4), thereby encouraging the reduction of working hours for period of childcare.

Extend the period of which the reduction of working hours for period of childcare may be used to a maximum of two (2) years (Article 19-4)