Jeonju City Provides 800,000 Won Disaster Relief Fund to Transportation Workers

[Jeonju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] Disaster relief funds will be provided to transportation workers who are experiencing economic difficulties due to a decrease in passengers caused by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

On the 2nd, Jeonju City announced that it plans to provide disaster relief funds of 800,000 KRW per person to a total of 2,979 transportation workers, including 1,556 city and intercity bus drivers, 416 charter bus drivers, and 1,007 corporate taxi drivers, by Chuseok.

The transportation worker disaster relief funds, paid with the government’s 5th disaster relief funds allocated in the 2nd supplementary budget of Jeonbuk Province, will be provided for the first time to city and village bus as well as intercity and express bus drivers, who had previously been excluded from the government’s disaster relief fund recipients.

The recipients are drivers affiliated with corporations whose sales have decreased due to COVID-19 or drivers whose income has decreased.

However, city (village), intercity (express), and charter bus drivers must have been employed on or before June 13 of this year (including the 13th) and worked until the 13th of last month, and corporate taxi drivers must have been employed on or before June 1 of this year (including the 1st) and worked until the 3rd of last month.

Jeonju City plans to accept applications for the disaster relief funds on the 3rd, verify whether transportation workers meet the eligibility requirements such as length of service, and complete the payment of the disaster relief funds by Chuseok.

Jeonju=Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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