Korea moves to extend labor protections 8.6 mil. freelancers, platform workers

Korea moves to extend labor protections 8.6 mil. freelancers, platform workers

Freelancers, platform workers and others long excluded from labor protections will gain new rights under sweeping changes expected to be passed by May 1. The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced a legislative package Tuesday that introduces a “presumption of worker status” and enacting a new Basic Rights of Working People Act, aiming to close legal loopholes that have left at least 5.7 million, and possibly up to 8.6 million people, withou…