International Desk: A South Korean private company has made a novel announcement for women workers. According to the announcement of the authorities, a worker will get 75 thousand dollars in Bangladeshi currency, which is more than 82 lakh taka, for adopting a child. Such action by the company would save the country from a low birth rate. News from CNN.
Seoul-based company Buyong held an event on Monday where women working at their company since 2021 were awarded a total of 5.25 million, or $5.25 million, for giving birth to 70 babies. Lee Jung-kyun, chairman of Buyoung Company, said, “If the fertility rate continues to decline in South Korea, our country may face a crisis of existence in the next 20 years.”
He also said, “The number of children in a family often depends on the financial stability of that family.” Many times, it is seen that many people do not want to have more children due to not being able to provide money while raising children and thinking about their future. So we have thought of giving bonuses to the employees.
Many multinational and local companies in South Korea, such as Buoyong, have recently adopted this policy of giving bonuses to boost the country’s birth rate. Kumho Petrochemical, a multinational company, has said that it will give a maximum bonus of $15,000 per child to women working in their offices, which is about Tk 1,646,436 in Bangladeshi currency.
Kumho Petrochemical also said that 3 thousand 800 dollars, or about 4 lakh 17 thousand taka, will be given to the first child. For the second child, it will increase to 7 thousand 600 dollars; for the third child, 11 thousand dollars; 12 lakh; 7 thousand 406 taka; and for the fourth child, it will be given 15 thousand dollars.
