Lee Jae-myung "Urgent Improvement Needed for Low Treatment of Care Workers and Expansion of Public Care Facilities"

On the 21st, Lee's 76th Small but Certain Happiness Pledge

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, stated on the 21st, "We will urgently improve the low treatment of care workers to provide high-quality elderly care."

On the same day, Lee posted on Facebook, "As we approach a super-aged society, the importance of care workers for the elderly is increasing," announcing his 76th small but certain happiness (So-hwak-haeng) pledge containing this content.

Lee said, "We will expand the service allowance for severe care, which is more demanding than general care, and provide stable jobs by expanding public elderly care facilities as promised in the 'Five Major Care National Responsibility System.'"

He also promised, "We will improve the actual income of family care workers by expanding the recognized family care hours and reform the system to fairly compensate the experience and work proficiency of care labor."

He emphasized, "Creating a satisfying workplace for care workers is the beginning of happy care for the elderly."

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