Designation of Film Industry and Special Employment Support Sectors Added

Government Support Expanded for Movie Business Owners and Workers for One Year

A movie theater in Seoul city is less crowded than usual on the 7th, a day before the government implements the 2.5-level social distancing measure in the metropolitan area. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

Government support for movie business owners and workers will be expanded. On the 16th, the Ministry of Employment and Labor designated the film industry as a special employment support sector at the Employment Policy Deliberation Committee meeting. This decision was made following applications from the Korean Film Producers Association and the Korean Theater Association in April last year. The designation period will start next month and last for one year.

The support targets businesses registered with local governments as movie producers and movie theaters. Business owners can receive increased levels and limits of employment retention subsidies for paid leave and furloughs, extensions of social insurance payment deadlines and deferral of delinquency measures, and expanded limits on employer training support. The Korea Film Council explained, "Paid leave and furlough allowances will increase from the previous two-thirds to 90%, and the employer training support limit will be raised from 240% to 300%."

Workers will benefit from extended repayment periods and increased limits for livelihood stabilization funds, higher loan limits for employee training living expenses, and reduced self-payment rates for training costs under the National Tomorrow Learning Card. The repayment period for livelihood stabilization funds will be extended from a maximum of 5 years to 8 years. The limit (wage arrears living expenses) will be increased from 10 million won to 20 million won.

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