Paju-si Eases Long-Term Service Allowance Criteria for Childcare Center Staff

Paju City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Kim Kyung-il) announced on the 22nd that it has decided to relax the length of service criteria for long-term service allowances for childcare staff working at daycare centers starting this year.

Paju City Hall exterior. Provided by Paju City

The 'Childcare Teacher Long-term Service Allowance' is designed to reduce turnover among daycare childcare staff and provide stable childcare services. It is an allowance paid to childcare teachers who continuously work as homeroom teachers at daycare centers.

During the new semester, daycare centers often faced difficulties recruiting children, and due to class organization reasons, homeroom teachers frequently worked as assistant teachers. These staff lost continuity as homeroom teachers due to position changes and were unable to apply for the childcare teacher long-term service allowance.

At the 'Daycare Childcare Field Mobile Mayor's Office' held last year, Paju City listened to the complaints of childcare teachers about these unfair situations and decided to recognize the period worked as assistant teachers during the new semester adaptation period (March to April) as part of the service period, thereby paying the long-term service allowance.

Mayor Kim Kyung-il of Paju said, “We expect that this relaxation of the criteria will boost the morale of childcare teachers and improve their treatment,” adding, “We will do our best to ensure that infants and young children grow up happily and healthily.”

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