GS Retail Signs Business Agreement for 'Neulbom Store' 4th Branch Providing Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities

GS Retail's 'Neulbom Store,' introduced as a job training convenience store for people with disabilities, GS25 Siheung West Branch.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jinyoung] GS Retail's convenience store GS25 announced on the 19th that it will open the 4th branch of ‘Neulbom Store,’ which provides employment opportunities and supports independence for people with developmental disabilities.

On the same day at 4 p.m., GS Retail plans to sign a business agreement to open the 4th Neulbom Store, ‘GS25 Seoul Road Traffic Authority Branch,’ in early October, in collaboration with Seocho District Office, Seoul Branch of the Road Traffic Authority, and Hanuri Protective Workshop, at the 5th-floor conference room of Seocho District Office.

Neulbom Store is the first vocational training-type convenience store in Korea that offers education and employment opportunities in overall convenience store management to people with developmental disabilities. Through this business agreement, GS25 will cover the facility and interior costs of Neulbom Store, Seocho District Office will provide necessary administrative support for the project, the Seoul Branch of the Road Traffic Authority will provide a location within the authority, and Hanuri Protective Workshop will recommend disabled workers and take charge of actual store operation and management.

GS25 Neulbom Store Seoul Road Traffic Authority Branch will provide an environment where people with and without disabilities work together. A vocational training instructor for people with disabilities will establish individualized rehabilitation plans based on counseling and evaluation of each person's abilities and provide job support and education. Trainees with disabilities will have the opportunity to work at GS25 Neulbom Store branches or GS25 directly managed stores after completing store manager training in a more stable environment and depending on their achievement level.

Jung Jaehyung, head of GS Retail’s convenience store business division, said, “We are very pleased to open the 4th branch just five months after opening the 3rd branch, the Gu-rip Gangseo Branch, at the end of May,” adding, “We will continue to do our best to help people with disabilities and vulnerable groups in the local community.”

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