/ Korea Times file



Employees are willing to forgo about 10 percent of their wage if they are spared from work-related messages from their boss outside the office, a report shows.

The Korea Labor Institute report on the effects of smart device use on work and life, published last month, was based on a survey of 2,402 employees aged 20 to 59.

According to the report, 70.3 percent of workers had done work with smart devices after hours. On average, this added up to about 11 hours a week (677 minutes).

They were mainly contacted by email or messengers.

Respondents said they could put up with an 8.7 percent wage cut if they were saved from work-related messages outside the office.

But many believed they should be paid an extra 22.3 percent if they have to continue putting up with the messages that required them to work.

Respondents cited "sleep" as the top activity that shrank and work as the top activity that expanded due to smart devices.