<Anchor> The
government has announced that it will restructure the quota by more than 12,000 to reform public institutions.
This is the first staff reduction in 14 years since 2009, and the government expects to reduce labor costs by up to 760 billion won per year.
This is reporter Song Wook's report.
<Reporter> The
Ministry of Strategy and Finance held a public institution steering committee today (26th) and decided to reduce the quota of public institutions by 12,442 by 2025.
This is the first quota reduction in 14 years since 2009, accounting for 2.8% of the total quota of 449,000.
Starting with 11,081 next year, 738 in the next year and 623 in 2025, we will proceed with restructuring.
Specifically, about 7,200 people will be reduced through competition with the private sector and local governments or 'functional adjustment' such as non-core tasks and demand reduction tasks. The target is the on-site manpower of the construction.
Along with this, it was decided to reduce about 4,800 people through organizational integration, large departmentalization, and efficiency of local and overseas organizations, and about 5,100 people by reducing the difference between the current and current members.
Instead, it was decided to strengthen safety, such as personnel to prevent major accidents, and increase the number of personnel to carry out core national tasks by 4,788.
Among public institutions, Korea Railroad Corporation was the largest in terms of capacity restructuring, with a reduction of 722 people, while Korea Coal Corporation had the highest rate of capacity reduction at 21.2%.
The government has estimated that this reduction in the number of employees will reduce labor costs by 760 billion won a year.
The government explained that it will not conduct artificial restructuring, such as using natural reductions such as retirement and turnover, and will minimize the impact on new employment.