Yeonggwang-gun Holds 'Visiting National Employment Support System Briefing Session'

Published 19 Jul.2021 16:49(KST)

[Yeonggwang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jeonseong] Jeollanam-do Yeonggwang-gun (Governor Kim Junsung) recently held an explanatory session on the ‘Visiting National Employment Support System’ at Cheongram Caregiver Training Center on the 19th, in collaboration with the Ministry of Employment and Labor to discover vulnerable employment groups and provide employment support services.

The National Employment Support System, introduced in January, is a ‘Korean-style unemployment assistance’ that provides employment support services such as one-on-one employment counseling to low-income job seekers, youth, middle-aged people, and women with career interruptions, and pays a job-seeking promotion allowance of 500,000 KRW per month for up to six months if certain conditions are met.

The National Employment Support System is divided into Type I, which supports employment support services and job-seeking promotion allowances, and Type II, which supports employment support services and provides up to 1,954,000 KRW in employment activity expenses when participating in vocational training.

Workers who have a history of working in businesses restricted or prohibited from operating due to COVID-19 can also receive employment support services if they are unemployed or have a monthly income of less than 2.5 million KRW.

A county official said, “We expect this to be a good opportunity for residents who are going through even more difficult times due to COVID-19 to boost their motivation for employment and provide a foundation for self-reliance through strengthening vocational skills via the National Employment Support System.”