Oh Se-hoon Requests "Special and Metropolitan Cities Sewerage National Subsidy Rate Reverse Discrimination... Up to 50% National Funding Support"

"Recommendation to Exclude Multi-family Housing Security Guards and Cleaners in Unreasonable Short-term Contract Workplaces from Job Stability Fund Support"

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon is attending the Cabinet meeting held at the Government Seoul Office on Sejong-daero, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 25th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has requested the government to expand national funding support for the improvement of aging sewer facilities. He also proposed excluding workplaces that unreasonably shorten employment contract periods from the target of the Job Stability Fund, which is being implemented to resolve job insecurity among security guards in apartment complexes.

On the 25th, Mayor Oh attended a Cabinet meeting held at the Government Seoul Office and said, "Sewers are very important urban infrastructure, and due to the concentration of population and industry in cities, sewers are concentrated in special and metropolitan cities. However, there is reverse discrimination in national subsidy support for the improvement of aging facilities," and requested a revision of the enforcement decree to support up to 50% of the sewer project costs.

He continued, "The national subsidy rate for sewers is set at 0% for Seoul and 10-30% for metropolitan cities," adding, "This reverse discrimination delays fundamental sewer system improvement projects such as the renovation of aging and poor sewer facilities in special and metropolitan cities, resulting in reduced benefits for citizens and social welfare."

He particularly emphasized the difficult financial conditions of local governments and the difficulty of raising fees. Mayor Oh stated, "Contrary to the government's assessment, the financial conditions of special and metropolitan cities are struggling to cope with the large-scale maintenance costs due to the operation of vast facilities and the rapidly increasing scale of projects. Additionally, it is difficult to further raise sewer fees due to the increased burden on citizens," and requested, "Please reflect the requests of the seven special and metropolitan cities to support up to 50% of the costs for sewer projects such as the improvement of aging facilities in the 'Enforcement Decree of the Act on Subsidy Management.'"

Furthermore, Mayor Oh expressed the opinion that workplaces that unreasonably shorten employment contract periods for security guards and cleaners in apartment complexes should be excluded from the government's current Job Stability Fund support. The government currently supports the Job Stability Fund for workplaces with fewer than 30 employees, but exceptionally provides support for security guards and cleaners in apartment complexes even if they have 30 or more employees to promote employment stability and encourage long-term employment contracts among apartment complex management workers.

Mayor Oh said, "Considering the purpose of introducing the Job Stability Fund, it is reasonable to exclude workplaces that unreasonably shorten employment contract periods from the support target," and added, "Since it is necessary to establish long-term employment contracts, I request a measure to exclude workplaces with employment contracts shorter than one year from the Job Stability Fund support requirements."

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