Geunro Bokji Gong to Build Industrial Complex Daycare... First Site is Incheon Namdong Industrial Complex K-One

"Complete Support Policies for Work-Family Balance of Industrial Complex Workers"

View of Namdong National Industrial Complex, Incheon Metropolitan City. (Photo by Asia Economy DB)

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service (KCOMWEL) has decided to build workplace daycare centers for industrial complex workers for the first time, in collaboration with local governments and others. The first target is the K-One Knowledge Industry Center in the Namdong National Industrial Complex in Incheon.

On the 2nd, KCOMWEL announced that it selected K-One as the first recipient of support for the 'Industrial Complex Major Renovation-type Joint Workplace Daycare Center.' This is part of the 'Industrial Complex Major Renovation Plan' announced by the Presidential Committee on Jobs in November 2019, with seven companies including Samsung Industry participating in the installation and operation of the workplace daycare centers. Since there are only two workplace daycare centers in the Namdong Industrial Complex, workers at the Knowledge Industry Center may face inconvenience, so the number will be increased this time.

KCOMWEL plans to provide up to 2.07 billion KRW for installation costs, up to 1.2 million KRW per person for labor costs, and up to 5.2 million KRW per month for operating expenses. The city will support 10-20% of the corporate contribution portion of the installation costs. The scale is up to 2 billion KRW per daycare center. A KCOMWEL official said, "This achievement is meaningful as it was accomplished together under a business agreement to expand joint workplace daycare centers for small and medium-sized enterprises within industrial complexes, in cooperation with Incheon City and the Korea Industrial Complex Corporation (KICOX)."

KCOMWEL plans to operate a designated public offering system to expand about 15 industrial complex workplace daycare centers, five each year until next year, and will work with local governments and KICOX to identify demand. Kang Soon-hee, Director of KCOMWEL, said, "Supporting work-family balance policies for industrial complex workers, who are the key drivers of economic revitalization amid the COVID-19 pandemic, is an essential task," adding, "KCOMWEL will do its best as a labor welfare hub for working people through inter-ministerial cooperation."

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