Jangsu County Conducts Pre-Education for Farms Employing 'Foreign Seasonal Workers'

On March 18, Jangsu County conducted a pre-education session for farms employing 'foreign seasonal workers' for the 2026 season.

Jangsu County conducted preliminary training on the 18th at the County Community Center for farms employing 'foreign seasonal workers.' Provided by Jangsu County

The 'foreign seasonal worker program' is a system that allows legal employment of foreign workers in the agricultural sector, where seasonal work such as sowing and harvesting requires concentrated labor for a short period. Through this program, foreigners can be legally employed for a minimum of five months and up to eight months.

This training was organized to enhance understanding of the foreign seasonal worker program, and to provide guidance on essential compliance matters such as the prevention of human rights violations, the Labor Standards Act, and the Immigration Control Act.

In particular, the training emphasized gathering feedback from employing farms to reflect on-site difficulties and improve the effectiveness of program operations.

This year, through recruitment efforts and a demand survey, Jangsu County was allocated a total of 520 personnel. In addition to the existing system of inviting families of local marriage immigrants, this allocation was achieved by signing MOUs with Vietnam and Laos.

Of these, 38 individuals have been assigned as public seasonal workers to enable a prompt response to sudden labor shortages in rural areas.

Furthermore, Jangsu County plans to visit each farm individually after the workers' arrival to help create a favorable working environment for both employers and foreign workers, as well as to strengthen management systems to protect the rights and enhance the welfare of foreign workers.

Choi Hoon-sik, Governor of Jangsu County, stated, "With population decline and regional extinction emerging as major challenges, the foreign seasonal worker program is a key measure to address rural labor shortages. We will expand support to ensure the stable establishment of the program and do our utmost to provide practical solutions to workforce issues in the agricultural sector."

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