Gochang-gun Provides 'Vitality Allowance' for Social Welfare Workers to Improve Treatment

Gochang-gun, Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province, will provide 110 million KRW in vitality allowances as treatment improvement funds for social welfare workers in the social welfare sector.

According to the county on the 13th, the vitality allowance (treatment improvement fund) support for social welfare workers is a representative pledge project of Shim Deok-seop, the 8th elected governor of Gochang-gun, aimed at stabilizing the lives and boosting the morale of workers in the challenging social welfare field.

Gochang-gun recently held a meeting to discuss the improvement of working conditions for social welfare workers.
[Photo by Gochang-gun]

The vitality allowance will be paid for the first time this year, with 100,000 KRW each (once a year) in Gochang Love Gift Certificates to about 1,100 workers at 95 social welfare facilities.

The support targets are full-time workers who have been residents of Gochang-gun for more than one year as of January 2024, working 40 hours or more per week, and enrolled in the four major insurances, employed at social welfare facilities, home long-term care institutions, and social welfare sector performing organizations.

Currently, about 1,800 workers are employed at 97 locations in Gochang-gun. Next month, to ensure a safe working environment for social welfare workers, the county plans to promote an agreement with the Social Welfare Mutual Aid Association to support accident insurance premiums.

Governor Shim Deok-seop said, “We will strive to improve the quality of services for welfare recipients by boosting the morale and improving the treatment of workers on the front lines of social welfare who support the elderly, disabled, children, and others.”

Gochang = Kim Jae-gil, Honam Reporting Headquarters, Asia Economy baekok@asiae.co.kr

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.