Implementation of the 'Growing Project' for the Korean Horse Association, Overcoming Low Birth and Coexistence of Work Families
Nov 21, 2024
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The Korea Racing Authority and the Korea Racing Authority, co-chairmen of the Korea Racing Authority, are a joint labor-management organization to participate in the government's stance on overcoming the low birth rate as a public company and to create a culture and system for work-family balance within the organization. The Work-Family Bilateral Committee held on the 17th announced the 'Jaranda Project' consisting of 16 initiatives in a total of four areas for childbirth promotion and work-family balance.
The first area is 'Child grows up', which contains measures to support pregnancy and childbirth. Specifically, it consists of ▶expansion of childbirth congratulatory money ▶implementation of the June 4/1 work system during pregnancy ▶ improvement of the vacation system related to pregnancy and childbirth. The second 'parent grows' field contains childcare and care support measures and consists of ▶ implementation of the childcare time system ▶ improvement of disadvantages for those on childcare leave ▶ support for parents in the first and second grades of elementary school ▶ improvement of the childcare and care leave system ▶ improvement of welfare infrastructure for childcare and care.
In the field of 'Organization Grows', which includes support measures for both work and family relations, ▶ Creating a family-friendly culture through education and publicity ▶ Creating a support plan for single and childless households ▶ Strengthening programs with families ▶ Increasing acceptance by securing work continuity. Finally, in the field of 'National Happiness Grows', it contains social contribution measures linked to business, and ▶ Giving points to documents on hiring multi-child parents and women in Gyeongdan, ▶ Strengthening the career and care support function of the cultural center ▶ Creating a family-friendly park using horses and horseback riding ▶ Creating care and childcare support through community sharing.
Hong Ki-bok, chairman of the Korea Racing Authority, said, `I hope that this 'Jalanda Project' will be evaluated as an important attempt to create a sustainable future for the Korean Racing Authority as well as for our society.'
Chung Ki-hwan, President of the Korea Racing Authority, said, "Through the Jalanda Project, both children and parents will make efforts to create a happy workplace and further promote social contribution linked to the business, so that they can actively respond to the trend of overcoming low birth rates in the country." As the name suggests, "Jalanda Project," I sincerely hope that children and parents will grow up, and at the same time, organizational and national happiness will grow together.""
The Korea Racing Authority plans to take follow-up measures such as revising regulations and pushing for detailed implementation measures in the future, and plans to continue the operation of the Joint Labor-Management Committee in 2025 to check the performance of the project and discover additional improvement tasks.
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