Minister Lee Jeong-sik: "Shipbuilding Industry, Expansion of Foreign Workforce... Priority Allocation for Employment Permits"

President Yoon Suk-yeol is speaking at the 11th Emergency Economic and Livelihood Meeting held at the Yongsan Presidential Office building in Seoul on the afternoon of the 27th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Lee Jeong-sik, Minister of Employment and Labor, mentioned the manpower shortage in the shipbuilding industry on the 27th, stating, "We will continuously expand foreign labor and prioritize the issuance of employment permits to the shipbuilding industry."

Minister Lee emphasized this during the 11th Emergency Economic and Livelihood Meeting chaired by President Yoon Seok-yeol at the Yongsan Presidential Office building in the afternoon, saying, "To resolve the severe manpower shortage in the shipbuilding industry, either new workers must enter the industry, or existing workers must be able to work when there is available work."

He added, "To address the manpower shortage, we have extended special overtime work for existing employed personnel to 180 days," and "Additionally, the government will strengthen support for the shipbuilding industry's skilled workforce hope savings and other measures."

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