Except for certain conglomerates and state-run companies, a majority of companies do little to meet the childcare needs of their female workers.

Under the current law, companies with more than 300 full-time female employees or more than 500 total employees are required to establish an employer-supported childcare facility, which can accommodate children aged between one and six.

However, according to the data by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Labor, 51 percent of the companies out of the 533 companies, whose number of female workers exceeds 300 or that of total workers exceeds 500, failed to establish an employer-supported childcare facility, as of the end of 2008.

While child-care centers including public, private and family day-care centers totaled 33,499, the number of employer-supported childcare centers was a fraction at 350, as of the end of 2008, the government data showed.

via www.koreaherald.co.kr