Last Year, 23,000 Youth Hired by Public Institutions... 60 Sites Non-compliant

The number of employed people increased by more than 1.13 million compared to the previous year in January. This increase is the largest in 22 years. However, it is evaluated that this is largely due to the nearly 1 million decrease in employment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic a year ago. In particular, looking at the numbers by age group, the number of employed people in their 30s, which had decreased by more than 270,000 a year ago, only increased by about 20,000 last January. The photo shows employees at the Seoul Western Employment Support Center replacing job information on the job information bulletin board that day. Photo by Kim Hyunmin kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Dongwoo Lee] Approximately 23,000 young workers were newly hired by public institutions and local public enterprises last year.

According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor on the 24th, the number of young people newly hired by 445 public institutions and local public enterprises subject to the Youth Employment Obligation System last year was 22,973.

The Youth Employment Obligation System is a policy under the Special Act on the Promotion of Youth Employment that requires public institutions and local public enterprises to newly hire at least 3% of their workforce as youth (aged 15 to 34) each year. The performance of new youth employment is reflected in management evaluations. Institutions that fail to meet the 3% obligation have their names disclosed.

Among the public institutions subject to the Youth Employment Obligation System last year, 385 institutions (86.5%) fulfilled the obligation. It was found that a total of 60 institutions, including 42 public institutions such as Korea Development Bank and Korea Legal Aid Corporation, and 18 local public enterprises such as Seoul Metro, did not meet the obligation.

The ratio of newly hired youth to the total workforce of public institutions and local public enterprises last year was 5.8%.

The number of newly hired youth by year was 15,576 in 2015, 19,236 in 2016, 18,937 in 2017, 25,676 in 2018, 28,689 in 2019, and 22,798 in 2020.

The ratio of institutions fulfilling the obligation by year was 70.1% in 2015, 80.0% in 2016, 80.0% in 2017, 82.1% in 2018, 89.4% in 2019, and 84.9% in 2020.

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