Half of the office workers "Can't use paid annual leave freely."

About half of office workers want to use paid annual leave, but they cannot use it freely, according to a survey.

The civil organization's online labor union called on Global Research, a polling agency, to announce the results of a survey of 1,000 office workers nationwide in September last year.

Only 50.1% of respondents said they were free to use paid annual leave in the survey.It found that 49.9% of respondents experienced restrictions on using paid annual leave, with 26.3% saying they were not free to use

26.3% saying they did not have paid annual leave.

The online union of Workplace Gapjil 119 stressed that the law does not apply to workplaces with fewer than five employees, and that the related system should be improved as soon as possible.