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1) Current status
170. The Infant Care Act requires workplaces of a certain size to have on-site day care
center. However, among the 1,153 workplaces that should have on-site workplaces, 213
(18.5%) of them did not have it.
2) Question
171. What measures are taken by the government against the required workplaces that
have not arranged on-site day cares?
Issue 47. After School Care Service
1) Current status
172. The government is operating the Community Child Care Center (the Ministry of Health
and Welfare), the After School Academy (the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family) for
children from fourth to 9th grade, and the After School Care Class in Elementary School (the
Ministry of Education) to provide care services for children who do not have someone to look
after them after school. In particular, the number of Community Child Care Centers in 2016
was 4,107 and a total of 106,668 children received the after school care service. However,
there is a widespread perception that the Community Child Care Centers are for children
from poor families because they are primarily used by children from low income families that
meet the income eligibility criteria.
173. In the 2015 Family Survey by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, more than
37% of elementary school students spent at least an hour alone at home after school.
2) Questions
174. What is the government’s plan in providing caretakers to those in need?
Issue 48. Family-Friendly Certified Companies
1) Current status
175. In accordance with the Act on the Promotion of Creation of Family-Friendly Social
Environment, the government reviews companies that promote family-friendly culture in the