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Thursday's friendly economy starts. Reporter Kwon Aeri is out. Reporter Kwon, the employment trend was announced in February, and the Corona 19 aftermath has yet to be reflected, recording the highest employment rate ever?

<Reporter>

Yes. The employment rate looks at the percentage of people working in the total population, which was 60% last month. This is the highest since the early 80's when these statistics began to be produced.

We can see many aspects of our social jobs right now, but the trend is not far from being consistently showing up since last year.

The employment rate increased by 3 percentage points over the age of 60, effectively increasing the overall employment rate. The number of people over the age of 60 has also risen the most since this statistic began.

But last month was the time when it began to encourage the so-called social distance throughout the aftermath of Corona 19.

So, even in the elderly job business, there were many cases of rest, but how did the number of elderly workers increase by 570,000 compared to last year, and the employment rate increased significantly? There is a point that the count is not reflected accurately in the February count, but the count will be more accurate in March.

Secondly, it's because the break is short, and the leave scheduled for return is classified as employment.

For example, if we say that our company is going to leave for a moment because of Corona19 now, I'm planning to come back and work next month, so my desk isn't gone, but the country doesn't classify me as unemployed.

The National Statistical Office explains that among the jobs of the elderly, it is possible to classify jobs as those that are scheduled to take a break and return.

These people are classified as 'temporary leave'. In employment statistics, this is also a job.

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As Reporter Kwon said, I think there were quite a few 'pauses' last month.

<Reporter>

There were a lot overall. They are classified as employed, but those who are taking a break for a while, temporary workers have increased by 30% compared to a year ago. For reference, this is a 5% decrease in February last year.

So, I can say that the shock of Corona 19 in February was not just the disappearance of jobs, but also the rapid increase in the number of people taking a break, including senior jobs.

There will also be unpaid leave, as well as paid leave. It's hard to know the ratio right now.

It is an issue that needs to be addressed as we continue to look forward to it, but I am worried about how their income might have been, but it was also a measure to measure the slowdown of the society's return to work.

In fact, overall we are beginning to see what we are most concerned about in the Corona 19 phase.

First of all, the difficulties of wholesale and retail business and self-employment were strong, and it is noticeable that the recovery trend of lodging and catering business has been greatly slowed recently.

The economy's waist was still under 40 jobs, but it was also noticeable that the employment rate of young people in their 20s, which had recovered a little since the second half of last year, fell again.

Sometimes yesterday explained that people in their 20s had fewer people, but the employment rate relative to the total population in their 20s fell.

In particular, the employment rate of women in their 20s decreased by 1.7 percentage points last month, and the overall employment rate in their 20s decreased.

Women in their 20s usually work earlier than men, so this isn't something you normally see in your 20s. It seems that the service industry was affected by Corona 19 last month.

Hiring hours are also noticeable. While there are more full-time jobs, the job market is more reassuring. Full-time jobs and full-time jobs do not increase, but the number of people working part-time less than 36 hours a week has increased significantly.

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I've heard that it's really hard for most industries, but there are some other industries that are revitalized?

<Reporter>

Yes. That's right. The most representative of this is transportation and warehousing, inventory management that is linked to courier or online sales in one word. 7% more than a year ago.

In fact, the consumption of Corona 19 is not just slumping. Online shopping, delivery, so-called consumption of non-contact, and non-face-to-face consumption have been said to be rather active.

In addition to this, in fact, the shocks caused by Corona 19 are even more regrettable because the jobs I was worried about last year are recovering from place to place.

For example, there was a recovery in the manufacturing industry with a lot of quality jobs that had continued to decline seriously last year.

Employment has also increased, and employment rates have also risen by nearly 1%. Although it's not noticeable compared to those in their 60s, jobs in their 30s and 50s have recovered little by little.

However, Hong Nam-ki, the deputy prime minister, also mentioned yesterday, but the government is already predicting that job blows from Corona 19 will become more pronounced from March. In the future, we need to look at the game and respond.