Gwangju City Identifies At-Risk Workers... Proactively Responds to Employment Crisis

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju Metropolitan City has decided to proactively respond to the regional employment crisis by identifying workers in crisis.

On the 24th, Gwangju City announced that it held an opening ceremony for the ‘Gwangju Metropolitan City Employment Stability Promotion Team and Employment Stability Employment Support Center’ in the Sangmu District.

The opening ceremony was attended by Jo Incheol, Deputy Mayor for Culture and Economy, Kim Ikju, Gwangju City Council member, Park Sangbaek, Deputy Mayor of Buk-gu, Lee Dongguk, Deputy Mayor of Gwangsan-gu, Kim Deokmo, Director of Gwangju Green Car Promotion Agency, Na Seonghwa, Chairman of Gwangju Economic and Employment Promotion Agency, and representatives of automobile and home appliance companies.

The ‘Employment Stability Promotion Team and Employment Stability Employment Support Center’ was established as part of the project after Gwangju City, Buk-gu, and Gwangsan-gu formed a consortium and were selected for the Ministry of Employment and Labor’s ‘Employment Stability Preemptive Response Package Support Project’ competition.

The ‘Employment Stability Preemptive Response Package Support Project’ aims to invest 46.6 billion KRW by 2025 to support co-growth for employment stability in key industries.

Accordingly, the center will provide employment services that proactively respond to the regional employment crisis by identifying workers in crisis in the automobile and home appliance industries.

In particular, employment specialist consultants will provide one-on-one employment counseling and case management for those who have lost or are expected to lose jobs in the home appliance and automobile industries, offering counseling, diagnosis, employment competency enhancement training, job placement, and follow-up management through step-by-step customized employment services.

Additionally, the center will establish a process based on the skill levels of workers in crisis to support integrated employment stability services for job changes and transfers.

Furthermore, to promote stable job changes and transfers by industry and company for workers in the home appliance and automobile industries and to resolve wage gaps that occur during job changes, the center will provide job change incentives of 750,000 KRW per month, up to 2.25 million KRW over three months, to workers of small and medium-sized enterprises in the home appliance and automobile industries within the jurisdiction.

Moreover, to reduce job-seeking costs and activate interviews for the employment activities of unemployed workers in the home appliance and automobile industries, and to cooperate in job creation for small and medium-sized enterprises, the center plans to support worker interview fees of 50,000 KRW per interview, up to 150,000 KRW annually for three interviews.

The support period is until December and will be operated on a first-come, first-served basis within the budget.

The Employment Stability Employment Support Center operates from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, and detailed information can be obtained by contacting the center.

Meanwhile, following the opening ceremony, Gwangju City formed a co-growth operation council composed of related organizations such as the Gwangju Regional Employment and Labor Office, Buk-gu Office, Gwangsan-gu Office, and Green Car Promotion Agency to discuss measures to stabilize employment for workers in key industries and to establish new growth engines for local companies.

Gwangju City expects effects such as the creation of 1,016 jobs through the operation of this center, strengthening the capacity to accommodate workers in crisis through the advancement of the automobile and home appliance industries, and employment stability through job change support according to skill levels.

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