Gyeonggi-do Sees 26,000 Applicants for Youth Worker Support Program in First Half of the Year

Gyeonggi-do 2023 Youth Worker Support Project Promotional Poster

Gyeonggi Province has attracted more than 26,000 applicants to its youth worker support programs, including providing 4.8 million KRW over two years to young workers at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The Gyeonggi Job Foundation announced on the 17th that 14,710 young workers applied for the first round of the 'Youth Welfare Points' recruitment held in April as part of the youth worker support program in the first half of this year, and 11,488 applied for the first recruitment of the SME youth worker support program conducted from May 1 to 15.

The Gyeonggi youth worker support program, launched in 2018, aims to improve the treatment and welfare of young workers in the province. It is divided into the Youth Welfare Points and the SME Youth Worker Support Program. Eligible participants are young residents of Gyeonggi aged 18 to 34 who work at least 36 hours per week at SMEs in the province and earn a monthly salary of 3.1 million KRW or less.

Selected young workers receive up to 1.2 million KRW annually in Youth Welfare Points for one year, while participants in the SME Youth Worker Support Program receive up to 4.8 million KRW in local currency, distributed quarterly at 600,000 KRW over two years.

Gyeonggi Province plans to support a total of 40,400 young workers employed at SMEs this year, an increase of 1,400 compared to last year.

Chae I-bae, CEO of the Gyeonggi Job Foundation, emphasized, "We will continue to develop Gyeonggi's youth worker support policies to become a source of hope for young workers in the province who work hard at SMEs to achieve a better life."

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