[ad_1]
President Moon Jae-in presides over the seventh meeting of the State Council held at the Blue House on the 16th. Lead Reporter Tae-Seok Wang
When President Moon Jae-in ordered “emergency measures” in relation to the employment situation, the government urgently proposed additional labor measures. In particular, the plan is to establish a youth and women’s employment program and reflect this in the supplemental budget for the 4th disaster relief payment.
However, there are voices of concern that this is only a mass-produced “public ambulance” as it is most likely limited to short-term jobs using government finances.
President Moon’s “employment countermeasures” order … the government’s ‘Burjaburia’ countermeasures
President Moon chaired a state council meeting at the Blue House on the 16th and said, “Last month, the number of people employed fell to about 1 million,” he said.
The day before, he said, “Please take additional (employment-related) action with extraordinary resolution,” and ordered ‘special’ employment measures for two consecutive days. President Moon said: “As time is needed to regain (private) employment, we will have to overcome the immediate employment crisis with a more active role in the public sector and finance,” the formation of a ‘labor budget’ stressed.
The government, which fell into flames, began preparing additional measures, led by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the Ministry of Employment and Labor. In particular, given that the first supplemental bill to be presented to the National Assembly in early March is expected to contain the budget for employment projects, the war of speed is inevitable.
A government official said: “The number of jobs has been reduced to one million, so we have no choice but to propose additional measures,” and said: “We are examining employment projects mainly for youth and women from various angles.”
Vice Premier Hong Nam-ki and Minister of Strategy and Finance speak at the General Meeting of the Planning and Finance Committee held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, on the morning of the 16th. Reporter Oh Dae-geun
Innovative measures? … It’s hard to get out in a short time
However, due to the nature of employment, it is almost impossible for the government to propose innovative measures to solve the employment problem in a short period of time. Previously, the government made a plan to create “900,000 + α jobs” directly in the first quarter of this year, so there is a possibility that additional measures will be limited to the extension of direct jobs. Even during the fourth supplemental administration last year, the government added an additional budget for the ‘Hope Work Project’ that provides public jobs for low-income families.
Even for private employment, the situation is similar. Last year, the government operated a “ Youth Work Experience Support Project ” that supports labor costs (up to 800,000 won) and administrative expenses (up to 80,000 won) when small and medium-sized businesses hire young people. , but the application period was only 6 months.
The ‘Youth Digital Employment Project’, which is also operated this year, pays up to 1.8 million won in labor costs, but the application period is only half a year as well. Furthermore, due to the low participation rate of private companies, the actual budget execution rate of the digital youth employment project was only 12% at the end of December last year.
The budget for job stabilization projects to maintain existing jobs is also expected to be included in the supplement. On the 10th, the government said: “We will actively support the maintenance of employment, mainly in the face-to-face service industry and small business sites that have a large impact on employment,” and “we will quickly prepare additional employment support plans. if required. . ”
Some also express concern that this ’emergency countermeasure’ will only mass produce Alba in the short term. This is because the government will propose various measures under the leadership of the president, but in the end, the existing measures to increase senior-focused public jobs and temporarily increase employment in the private market are expected to have no other choice but to contain.
Dankook University professor Kim Tae-gi said: “The government’s public employment program corresponds to ‘incomplete employment’ with relatively short working hours.” He said: “As President Moon said, a measure is needed to bring private companies to life and actively create jobs, but the government is backtracking by tightening regulations.”
Sejong = Youngha son reporter [email protected]
News directly edited by Hankook Ilbo can also be viewed on Naver.
Issues that may interest you
[ad_2]
