Lee Jae-gap "Next Year, Employment Insurance Benefits for Special Employment Workers and Artists to be Promoted... Finalizing Legal Amendments"

""Best Efforts for Prompt Promotion of the 'Second Employment Safety Net' 국민취업지원제도""

Minister Lee Jae-gap of the Ministry of Employment and Labor. / Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bo-kyung] Lee Jae-gap, Minister of Employment and Labor, announced on the 11th, "From next year, special employment workers, platform workers, and artists will be able to receive the benefits of employment insurance."

Minister Lee stated at the Employment and Labor Crisis Response Task Force (TF) meeting held at the Seoul Office that morning, "We will make every effort to expedite the amendment of the Employment Insurance Act currently pending in the National Assembly, and complete the related legal amendments within this year."

He explained that to expand employment insurance enrollment, tasks such as ▲establishing an income identification system ▲restructuring the application and collection system ▲information linkage among related agencies such as the National Tax Service, the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service, and the National Health Insurance Service need to be addressed first, and announced that preparations including the establishment of a pan-government promotion system will begin.

He also said, "The timing and method of additional application for self-employed persons and others will be promoted step-by-step after sufficient consultation with stakeholders."

Minister Lee pledged to do his best to promptly implement the 'National Employment Support System' as a secondary employment safety net for low-income groups, youth, and the unemployed, alongside the expansion of the employment insurance system.

He added, "While fully supporting the ongoing legislative discussions in the National Assembly, we will prepare necessary measures such as drafting subordinate statutes and developing related IT systems to ensure smooth implementation after the legislation passes."

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