includes companies with mandatory disability quotas (50+ employees) as well as those without (5-49 employees)
Method of interview
Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
Supplementary notes
The survey was conducted among 23,674 companies not subject to mandatory disability quotas (5-49 employees) and 22,118 companies that were (50+ employees).
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Reasons for hiring disabled people South Korea 2024
According to a survey conducted in 2024, around ** percent of companies in South Korea who employed disabled people did so because they needed more workers regardless of whether they were disabled or not. **Â did so in order to fulfill employment quotas.
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