<Anchor>

Reporter Kwon Aeri is a friendly economist. Reporter Kwon, yesterday (13th), the employment trend was announced in April, but the situation is not good.

<Reporter>

Yes. The number of unemployed workers has decreased a lot, but at first glance, there was an indicator that it was not understood at first glance. is.

Let's take a look at why I should say this one by one, and the number of employed in April last month was 476,000 less than in April last year. It was the largest decline since February 1999, when it was recovering from the financial crisis.

As the number of employed people may decrease due to the fact that the population of working age decreases, it is good to see the employment rate of the total population over the age of 15. This employment rate is 59.4%, 1.4% more than a year ago Decreased.

The number of 1.4 may not come very close, but as you said, the rate of decrease in this degree has been greatly reduced because of the proportion of the population over 15 years old.

In fact, it is the lowest employment rate since April 2010. In short, it was the lowest since the recovery period after the financial crisis. The rate of decline in the employment rate has been the largest since May 2009, when the financial crisis was in full swing.

<Anchor>

I heard about the employment rate, and you said that the unemployment rate was lowered earlier, but it seems to be a statistical problem, but please explain this part quickly.

<Reporter>

Yes. In fact, the employment rate was reduced by 0.2 percentage points. In short, the employment rate is based on the total population over the age of 15 who can work, but the unemployment rate is seen as the unemployed compared to the so-called economically active population.

What I'm talking about is the unemployment rate is trying to keep working, going to an interview, and looking at the proportion of those who haven't worked for an hour a week nonetheless.

So if the number of people who have given up searching for jobs suddenly increases significantly, the unemployment rate may decrease.

The unemployment rate in our job market in April can only be seen as this phenomenon. The number of people who are not doing economic activity has increased by more than 830,000 compared to a year ago.

It has risen a lot more than the number of workers reduced. This is the largest increase since June 2000 when we started stats the same way.

Of course, this includes people like full-time housewives, but the fact that the increase in growth in a year is like the fact that the number of people who gave up their job search has increased.

In fact, the population of 'just rested' grew to over 437,000, or 22%, reaching a total of 2408,000. This is the maximum since we started making relevant statistics.

The term 'rested' includes only those who have no other reason, such as housework or parenting, and have the ability to work but are not looking for work. That's a total of 241 million now.

I also wanted to get a job, but I was in a state of resignation in April, and these people are classified separately, and there are over 610,000 job seekers.

It is more accurate to see that the number of unemployed workers in the month of 117,000, which was 73,000 fewer than April last year, did not decrease due to the increase in employment. is.

<Anchor> The

news continues to be depressing, but I need to know the reality right away, and the unemployment rate, and even looking into the contents of my job, I see quite a few concerns.

<Reporter>

Yes. Once you get a job, even temporary workers, such as unpaid or paid employees, are included here.

1.13 million people, up 320% from a year ago. Even though these people have a job to return to, most of them suffer from a decline in income, and if the corona situation is prolonged and without proper policy help, some of them are in fact at risk of entering the restructuring phase.

And those who work more than 36 hours a week who see working full-time, 30% less than last April.

A year ago, this full-time worker exceeded 80%, but the proportion dropped to 57.5%. On the other hand, the share of part-time less than 36 hours increases to over 37% at 37%.

The number of employed people has also decreased, but the quality of employment of those whose employment has been maintained is deteriorating rapidly. Is appearing.

So, the government is now releasing a number of 550,000 plus alpha jobs, support for companies that do not reduce employment, and other measures such as a digital new deal. .