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President Moon Jae-in gave a special speech to mark the third anniversary of his inauguration. First of all, he said he would lay the foundation for employment insurance for all people. The idea is to sign up for non-regular workers, not everyone right now, and increase in stages.

First, reporter Jung Kyung-yoon.

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President Moon Jae-in defined the current phase as a 'economic warfare situation' in which the fear of unemployment spreads all over the world with Corona 19 and emphasized the establishment of an employment safety net.

[President Moon Jae-in: I will lay the foundation for the era of national employment insurance. The expansion of the employment safety net is also a necessary task for the dynamics of our economy.]

First, it is to promote the employment of low-wage, non-regular workers who are not enrolled as soon as possible.

As of August last year, the enrollment rate for non-regular workers was 44.9%, much lower than that of regular workers at 87.2%.

He added that he would eliminate blind spots for employment insurance, such as special employment workers and freelancers, and gradually apply the application to self-employed workers based on social consensus.

On the first day of Labor Day, National Employment Insurance was publicly mentioned by Kang Ki-jung, chief of the Blue House, and the controversy over pros and cons has been centered around the political sphere.

This is because self-employed people are reluctant to join voluntarily due to the burden of employment insurance premiums.

Officials at the Blue House added that they decided to expand the targets of enrollment step by step rather than expanding to the entire public right now.

The Democratic Party replied that it would try to pass a bill to amend the law to include special workers, etc., as part of employment insurance.

[Kim Tae-nyeon / Democratic Party Leader of the Democratic Party: In May, we will fully consult with the opposition party to ensure that our people can come within the scope of employment insurance even as agreed.]

On the other hand, the Unification Party said there was no mention of financial health today (10th) Criticized the speech.

President Moon called for the cooperation of the National Assembly, saying that he would also promote a national employment support system to assist job seekers and job training for low-income job seekers.

(Video coverage: No. 1, Video editing: Jongwoo Kim)