Seongnam City Supports 90% of Industrial Accident Insurance Premiums for Labor-Vulnerable Groups Including Delivery Workers

[Asia Economy (Seongnam) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province will support 90% of the industrial accident insurance premiums for labor-vulnerable groups such as delivery workers.

On the 14th, Seongnam City announced that it signed a "Business Agreement to Promote and Support Industrial Accident Insurance Enrollment for Labor-Vulnerable Groups" with the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service.

According to the agreement, the city will verify the enrollment status of labor-vulnerable groups in industrial accident insurance through the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service and then support 90% of the insurance premiums.

The beneficiaries include about 4,000 people such as 14 types of special employment workers including delivery workers, substitute drivers, quick service workers, insurance planners, as well as local artists and special employment business owners with fewer than 10 employees.

Applications will be accepted starting from the 19th, and if industrial accident insurance enrollment is confirmed, support will be provided retroactively from the payment for January of this year.

Since special employment workers only need to pay 10% of the insurance premium, the city expects an increase in industrial accident insurance enrollment.

Additionally, next month, the city will contract group accident insurance for 10,000 people including substitute drivers and quick service workers with high accident risk, platform-based freelancers in the information and communication sector, and domestic workers.

For labor-vulnerable groups with a median income below 120%, a paid sick leave support project will also be implemented next month, providing an amount based on Seongnam City's living wage (84,000 KRW per day) for up to 13 days (including one day for health checkups) when hospitalized due to illness or injury.

The three support projects?industrial accident insurance, accident insurance, and paid sick leave?for labor-vulnerable groups are based on the "Seongnam City Ordinance for Working Citizens." Support for industrial accident insurance and accident insurance is the first among local governments nationwide. Paid sick leave support is the third after Seoul and Goyang City.

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