Use of a workplace nursery
Obligation to install a workplace nursery
A business owner who employs not less than 300 full-time female employees or not less than 500 full-time employees shall establish a workplace nursery for childcare, such as nursing and day care, to support the employment of employees (Article 21 (1) of the Equal Employment Opportunity and Work-Family Balance Assistance Act and the main body of Article 14 (1) of the Child Care Act).
If the business owner above is unable to install a workplace nursery, he/she shall install and maintain it in cooperation with other owners or support the childcare of his/her employees by means of a consignment contract with a local day care center (proviso to Article 14 (1) of the Child Care Act).
Prohibition of discrimination in using a workplace nursery
An employer should not discriminate based on the type of employment of employees when they run a workplace (Article 21 (4) of the Equal Employment Opportunity and Work-Family Balance Assistance Act).
※ Support for childcare fees and childcare benefits
Q. They say I can get financial support if I send my child to a day care center. I want to know more in detail.
A. Anyone who sends his/her child aged 0 to 5 to a day care center can receive childcare fees regardless of his/her income bracket.
However, to receive childcare fees, national andpublic, social welfare corporations, corporations, organizations, workplaces,families, parents’ cooperatives, and private daycare centers must be used underArticle 10 of the Child Care Act (see the 2022Childcare Business Guide).
If you’re raising your child at home without using day care centers, kindergartens, or full-time childcare services, you can get child support (Article 34-2 of the Child Care Act).
※ Details of childcare fees and childcare benefits can be found on the “Child Care” content on the site.
Use of childcare services
Target
The term “childcare service” means services, such as protection, rearing, etc. provided individually at the residence, etc. of children under the age of 12 (Subparagraphs 1 and 3 of Article 2 of the Child Care Support Act).
Except for justifiable reasons, such as lack of budget or insufficient supply of childcare providers, any of the following persons may preferentially use childcare services (Article 13-2 of the Child Care Support Act and Article 10-2 of the Enforcement Rule of the Child Care Support Act).
Children of basic living security recipients (Subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the National Basic Living Security Act)
Children of lower-income families (Subparagraph 11 of Article 2 of the National Basic Living Security Act)
Children eligible for protection of single-parent families (Articles 5 and 5-2 of the Single-Parent Family Support Act)
Children of persons with severe disabilities among persons with disabilities under attached Table 1 of the Enforcement Rule of the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities
Children of multicultural families (Subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Multicultural Family Support Act)
A person’s child who falls underclass 1 to 3 among categorized classes under Attached Table 3 of the Act on theHonorable Treatment of and Support for Persons, Etc. of Distinguished Serviceto the State
Children of dual-income families who are unable to raise their children smoothly because of employment or livelihood activities of their parents
A guardian of a family who is fully or partially subsidized for the cost of childcare services, who has at least 3 children aged 12 or below or who has at least 2 children of not more than 36 months
How to use
Guardians can apply for support for expenses of childcare services (Article 22 (1) of the Childcare Support Act).
A guardian who intends to apply for subsidization of expenses for childcare services shall submit an application for support for childcare services to the competent Special City Mayor, the Metropolitan City Mayor, the Special Self-Governing Mayor, the Do Governor, the Special Self-Governing Province Governor or the mayor, provincial governors, and head of a Gu along with the following documents (Article 22 (1) of the Childcare Support Act and the former part of Article 15 (1) of the Enforcement Rule of the Childcare Support Act).
A report on income and property and documents verifying income and property (only where a public official belonging to the relevant Si/Gun/Gu is unable to verify the details thereof or where the details of the application are different from those in the official record)
Material proof such as health insurance payments
A written consent to the provision of financial information, credit information, or insurance information (hereinafter referred to as “financial information”) of a person who has applied for the subsidization of expenses and his/her household members
Identification cards or documents verifying the identity of the applicant for the subsidization of expenses (referring to resident registration cards, driver’s licenses, disability registration cards, passports, and other documents determined by the Minister of Gender Equality and Family)
Family Relation Certificate
※ Child benefits support
Q. I would like to know more about the support for children who are important members of our society and an important generation who will be in charge of the future society.
A. To reducethe financial burden of child-rearing and create a healthy growth environment,a monthly child benefit of KRW 100,000 is paid to children under the age of 8and KRW 500,000 to children under the age of 2 (Articles 1 and 4 of the ChildBenefits Act).
In other words, child benefits are available toanyone under the age of 8, regardless ofeconomic level, so that all children can enjoy basic rights and welfare.