Korea Workers' Compensation & Welfare Service to Hire 423 New Employees for Special Employment and National Employment Insurance Tasks

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[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service announced on the 16th that it plans to hire 423 new employees to provide services as employment insurance will be applied to special-type workers (teukso) starting in July.

In addition to enrolling special-type workers in employment insurance, the scope of industrial accident insurance will also be expanded. By the 9th of next month, the industrial accident insurance coverage will be extended to include family workers. Furthermore, from July, the reasons for excluding special-type workers from industrial accident insurance will be limited. Exclusion will only be allowed in special cases such as when the worker is on leave for more than one month due to illness, injury, pregnancy, childbirth, or childcare, or when the business owner is responsible for a leave of more than one month.

The Service plans to hire 358 general staff (including 25 persons with disabilities and 22 high school graduates), 31 examiners, 19 IT staff, 13 rehabilitation staff, and 2 technical staff by job category. Among them, 35 general staff will be separately recruited through a veterans-only competition. They plan to give preferential hiring to socially equitable talents (children of industrial accident workers, recipients of livelihood protection, multicultural families, and women with career interruptions). A capability-centered blind recruitment process excluding gender, age, and educational background will be conducted. Applications can be submitted online only through the Service’s website and the job application site until 6 p.m. on the 21st. After document screening, written tests, and interviews, the final successful candidates will be appointed on August 9.

Kang Soonhee, Director of the Service, said, "This year is an important year for employment and industrial accident insurance to establish itself as a system encompassing all working people, including special-type workers and artists, beyond wage workers. We expect many capable talents to apply for these positions." She added, "In a situation where many young people are struggling to find jobs due to COVID-19, we hope this will be an opportunity to contribute to job creation."

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