The government will provide 1,154 million jobs in the public sector to worsen the labor market

The government provides 1,154 million jobs in the public sector to respond to the impact of employment by the spread of new coronavirus infections (corona19). To this end, we will not only create 550,000 new jobs, such as face-to-face, digital, etc., but we will also resume the existing planned direct job business and the hiring of staff starting next month.

On the morning of the 14th, the government confirmed the “Public Sector-Focused Countermeasures Against Labor Shock” at the “Second Meeting of the Economic Emergency Countermeasures Headquarters” held at the Seoul Government Complex on the morning of the 14th the Seoul Government Complex.

First, the government directly creates 550,000 new jobs. Of these, 100,000 are filled with off-site and digital jobs, focusing on areas with limited hands, such as public data construction and online content planning. 300,000 public jobs are also created, such as △ Preventing the spread of infectious diseases in which vulnerable people can participate.

In addition, it plans to hire some 150,000 people, providing small and medium-sized businesses with labor costs and subsidies for up to six months. The subsidy payment project is largely divided into △ youth digital related to jobs related to information and communication (IT), experience youth work experience with interns, contracts of employment for the least privileged.

The direct labor business that was postponed to Corona19 will also resume next month. There will be 445,000 jobs that were suspended due to a leave of absence, etc., after turning into activities that are less likely to become infected, such as outdoors and online. For 167,000 jobs that have not been hired, the selection process and training program will accelerate to complete the selection in May and June.

In addition, the hiring process for state officials and public institutions resumes, creating 50,000 additional jobs. Public officials who were postponed to Corona 19, grades 7 and 9 of local government officials, and recruitment procedures for police, firefighting, and coastal policies are conducted on a revised schedule. The recruiting process begins.

Measures to stabilize employment were also discussed at the meeting. The government has invested 37 billion won in budget to strengthen job search, job retention and employment service support benefits, and to implement special measures for job security.

In addition, it decided to implement the “National Employment Support System,” which provides job search promotion and employment support services of up to 3 million won to job seekers with an average income of 50% or less. The amendment to the Employment Insurance Law will also be promoted within this year to extend the application of employment insurance to workers and artists of a special type.

Sejong = Reporter Son Young-ha [email protected]