Starting Next Year, Daily and Part-Time Workers with Regular Monthly Income Will Be Enrolled as National Pension Workplace Subscribers

Kim Yong-jin, Chairman of the National Pension Service

[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jung] Starting next year, daily and part-time workers will be able to enroll as workplace subscribers to the National Pension Service if they have a certain amount of income each month, even if their number of working days or hours falls short.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on the 22nd that at the Cabinet meeting held that day, a partial amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the National Pension Act was approved, which relaxes the enrollment criteria for daily and part-time workers as workplace subscribers.

Previously, to enroll as a workplace subscriber, workers had to meet at least 8 working days per month and 60 working hours per month, but by newly adding an 'income criterion,' workers can become workplace subscribers if they have a certain amount of income even if their working days or hours are insufficient.

The income criterion is being reviewed at 2.2 million KRW per month, which is the support standard of the 'Durunuri Project' that provides social insurance premium support for small-scale workplaces and low-wage workers.

Additionally, automatic credit card payments will also receive a reduction in pension insurance premiums.

Until now, premium reductions applied only to those who used automatic bank account transfers, but to ensure fairness among payers, those who pay via automatic credit card transfers will also be included in the premium reduction target.

Lee Hyung-hoon, Director of the Pension Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said, "We expect that relaxing the workplace enrollment criteria for daily and part-time workers will reduce blind spots in the National Pension Service."

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