Workplace Daycare Center Compliance Rate at 94.9%...10 Non-Compliant Workplaces Revealed

The government has released the names of 10 workplaces that failed to fulfill their obligation to establish workplace daycare centers.

On May 29, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Employment and Labor announced that, according to a 2025 survey, the compliance rate for the obligation to establish workplace daycare centers reached 94.9%, up 1.0 percentage point from the previous year.

Workplaces with more than 300 female employees or more than 500 total employees are required to establish workplace daycare centers or fulfill their obligation through outsourced childcare. Outsourced childcare refers to a method where the employer contracts with an individual daycare center to support childcare for at least 30% of employees.

Among the 1,674 workplaces subject to the obligation last year, 1,103 established workplace daycare centers, and 485 provided outsourced childcare, resulting in a total of 1,588 workplaces fulfilling their obligations.

Ministry of Education

The Workplace Daycare Centers List Disclosure Review Committee announced the names of 10 workplaces out of 86 that failed to fulfill their obligation, excluding 76 that had grounds for exemption under the Enforcement Decree of the Infant Care Act.

The 10 workplaces disclosed for failing to establish workplace daycare centers include BH Co., Ltd. Second Plant; ID Hospital in Gangnam-gu, Seoul; SSG.com Co., Ltd.; Daejeon Korea Hospital; Saesol Diamond Industry Co., Ltd.; SAP Korea; Moon Byungwook Medical Foundation (Jinju Goryeo Hospital); Seoul Medical Science Research Foundation Hanaro Leaders Clinic; MTS Corporation Co., Ltd.; among others. DAS Co., Ltd., located in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, has been named a total of 11 times.

The government plans to notify the local governments in charge of all 86 workplaces that failed to fulfill their obligation, initiating follow-up measures such as enforcement orders and imposing compliance penalties.

Choi Eunok, Vice Minister of Education, stated, "We will continue to improve the system so that workplace daycare centers can be operated stably, taking into account both the burden on workplaces and on-site conditions."

Kwon Changjun, Vice Minister of Employment and Labor, added, "Workplace daycare centers are an essential foundation for work-life balance, supporting both parents' work and childcare, as well as sustainable growth for companies. We will strengthen on-site support, such as briefings and consulting, so that workplace childcare can spread to more workplaces."

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