quit their jobs if the work-life balance is not maintained. Therefore, policies for work-life balance include women's job policies and child care policies. As working mothers in Korea are suffering from child rearing and domestic labor while working, a vicious cycle of quitting their jobs or giving birth is taking place. According to the nation's women's participation in economic activities by age, with the exception of those under 0s and 60s and older, the employment rate of women in their 30s was the lowest at 60.1 percent, and the employment rate of women form M. Lowest in 30's and slowly recover. The reasons for career discontinuation are marriage (40.4%), pregnancy and childbirth (38.3%), family member Dol (12.9%), preschool child rearing (6.9%), and preschooler education (1.5%). Labor Standards Act The main points of the revised Labor Standards Act of 2018 are as follows: Reduced from a maximum of 68 hours a week to 52 hours, including overtime and holiday work. Maximum working hours for workers younger than 18 are reduced from 40 hours per week to 35 hours per week. Making it mandatory for private companies to take paid holidays in legal holiday. Businesses with fewer than 30 employees are temporarily admitted to special extended work - in the case of using workers with less than 30 employees at all times, the working hours may be extended to a range not exceeding 8 hours per week in addition to the extended working hours, upon written agreement with the worker's representative. Politicies for women The pregnancy work hour reduction system: The new pregnancy work hour reduction system, established in 2014, is a system that requires users to allow female workers within 12 weeks of pregnancy or 36 weeks after their pregnancy to apply for two hours of work per day. Since March 2016, it has expanded to all workplaces regardless of the size of their businesses and has been in operation. maternity leave: When the Labor Standards Act was enacted in 1953, maternity leave was introduced as a 60-day leave system, and as the vacation period was extended from 60 days to 90 days in November 2001, the expanded 30-day pay was started to be shared and paid from employment insurance. The maternity leave is available to all pregnant female workers who work at all workplaces with one or more employees. See also Work–life balance in Germany Work–life balance in the United