Gumi City Unveils Customized Policies for 100,000 Workers

Operation of the First Workers' Shared Laundry in Gyeongbuk Province

Enactment of Ordinance for the Protection and Rights Enhancement of Emotional Laborers

Gumi City in Gyeongbuk is striving to create a city where workers want to settle by promoting differentiated labor policies that reflect regional characteristics through change and innovation, and by providing various benefits.

Emotional Labor Workers Psychological Counseling Support Project.

Under the slogan "New Hope Gumi Era," the 8th term of the elected government of Gumi City has vigorously launched various projects, including ▲promotion of diverse welfare projects for creating a stable labor environment ▲establishment of institutional measures to protect emotional laborers ▲and the creation of a Foreign Worker Support Team to efficiently implement foreign worker policies.

The city is leading efforts to improve the labor environment by promoting various welfare projects for workers. For the first time in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, it operates a shared laundry service for workers' work clothes, providing a one-stop service from collection, washing, to delivery at an affordable cost, which has received great response from workers.

To alleviate the economic burden on workers and create a comfortable and stable living environment, the city continues to support dormitory rental fees in industrial complexes this year as well. Last year, 330 million KRW was provided to 126 workers from 32 companies, and this year, with a budget of 600 million KRW secured, about 200 workers are expected to benefit.

In March, the "Gumi City Mobile Workers' Simple Rest Area Project" was selected in the platform workers' workplace improvement support contest hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

The city plans to establish two simple (container-type) rest areas to guarantee rest rights and improve the working environment for mobile workers vulnerable to seasonal changes, such as substitute drivers and quick service workers. Convenience facilities such as computers, water purifiers, and heating/cooling systems will be installed, and an unmanned system will be applied to operate 24 hours a day.

With growing social interest in protecting emotional laborers, Gumi City enacted the "Ordinance on the Protection of Emotional Laborers in Gumi City" in November last year, the first of its kind in Gyeongbuk Province. It is expected to contribute to protecting the mental health of emotional laborers and improving labor rights through psychological counseling and healing programs.

In the first half of this year, to efficiently implement foreign worker policies, the city established a Foreign Worker Support Team within the Labor Welfare Division. Going forward, the city plans to develop multifaceted foreign worker policies, including attracting foreign workers and discovering settlement models, supporting the demand for foreign professionals in local companies, and developing policies to support international student settlement.

Mayor Kim Jang-ho said, "We will strive to improve the working environment by providing various benefits befitting a city of 100,000 workers," and added, "We will do our best to create a happy Gumi by creating good jobs through diverse labor policies and leading regional economic revitalization."

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