외국인근로자 10명중 4명은 임시•일용직…1년새 14% 늘어<br /><br />Roughly 40 percent of foreign workers in the nation are in temporary employment.<br />But the number of those who earn a living wage has increased.<br />Choi Si-young breaks down the report by Statistics Korea. <br />There are 930-thousand foreign workers in South Korea, excluding recently naturalized citizens, and about 40 percent of those workers make a living through a temporary job.<br />The number of foreign workers in temporary employment has increased by 14 percent on-year. Temporary employment is defined as having an employment contract of less than twelve months in length.<br />The number of foreign workers who make less than 18-hundred U.S. dollars or 2 million won -- considered an approximation of the monthly living wage -- stood at around 40 percent.<br />That figure is five percent lower than last year, something that Statistics Korea attributes to the rise in the legal minimum wage this year.<br />Out of 13,500 foreign workers interviewed for the survey, about 70 percent said they were satisfied with their work... while only 5 percent are discontent with their jobs.<br />Roughly 60 percent said they were also satisfied with how much they earn whereas 11 percent were not satisfied.<br />About 45 percent of the foreign workforce are in the manufacturing industry followed by 19 percent in the food and lodging sectors and 16 percent in the public sector.<br />Choi Si-young, Arirang News. <br />
