Hampyeong-gun Assigns Foreign Seasonal Workers to Farms to Resolve Rural Labor Shortage

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] The farms in Hampyeong, Jeonnam, which have been suffering from severe labor shortages due to COVID-19 and rural aging, are expected to get some relief.

According to the county on the 4th, out of 81 foreign workers assigned through the second half foreign seasonal worker program, 13 have entered the country first and have been placed in six farms within the jurisdiction.

The seasonal worker program is a system that allows foreigners to be legally employed for 3 to 5 months to alleviate labor shortages during the busy farming season.

Most of the seasonal workers in the second half are composed of families and relatives of marriage immigrants, and they are scheduled to be employed at local farms and deployed to farming sites for the next five months.

A county official said, "With the relaxation of program participation requirements from the second half, we expect to secure more workers," adding, "We will seek various manpower securing measures to solve the shortage of farm labor."

Meanwhile, Hampyeong County secured 111 seasonal workers in the first half through agreements with Tadjikistan and Ternate City in the Philippines, and plans to sequentially place them in local farms as soon as visa screenings are completed.

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