China News Service, August 7th, Li Zhong, deputy minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Affairs, revealed on the 7th that there are 290 million migrant workers in my country, and more than 60% of them are migrant workers. In the early stage, affected by the epidemic, migrant workers were prevented from returning to work. Recently, with the joint efforts of all parties, the scale of migrant workers is gradually recovering. As of the end of the second quarter, the total number of migrant workers migrant workers reached 178 million, which has recovered to 97.3% of the same period last year.
Li Zhong disclosed the above information at a regular policy briefing held by the State Council on the morning of the 7th. The briefing invited Li Zhong, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and relevant persons in charge of the Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs to introduce support for multiple channels and flexibility. Employment and migrant workers’ employment and entrepreneurship related measures.
Li Zhong also said at the meeting that there are still many uncertain factors. There are still some migrant workers who have not gone out or the stability of their outings is not high. Some return home after going out. The employment situation of migrant workers is still facing certain pressure. The Opinions on Doing a Good Job in the Employment and Entrepreneurship of Migrant Workers at Present" proposes three supporting measures:
One is to broaden the employment channels outside. Adhere to the equal emphasis on job stabilization and expansion and support flexible employment through multiple channels. In terms of job stabilization, we will fully implement the policy of assisting enterprises to stabilize jobs, strengthen supporting policies for industries such as accommodation and catering, and maximize job stabilization. In terms of job expansion, give priority to launching projects with strong employability, give priority to the development of life service industries and labor-intensive industries that absorb more jobs, cultivate new momentum for economic development, and take the employment of migrant workers as an important condition for increasing the scale of urban construction land , Go all out to Tuogang. In terms of supporting flexible employment through multiple channels, migrant workers are supported to equally enjoy flexible employment support policies, creating a good environment for flexible employment in urban areas.
The second is to promote local employment, focusing on industries, projects and support to return to rural areas to start businesses, and promote local employment of migrant workers through the "three batches". The first is to develop agriculture and forestry related industries to absorb a group, promote the integrated development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas, and take employment promotion as an important consideration for creating a modern agricultural and forestry industrial park. The second is to promote the construction of a group of projects, combined with characteristic industries, rural small and medium-sized infrastructure construction, post-disaster restoration and reconstruction, etc., to increase the proportion of labor-for-work compensation funds to more than 15%. The third is to drive a group of entrepreneurs through entrepreneurship, improve entrepreneurial service capabilities, implement entrepreneurial support policies, and provide half of the one-time entrepreneurial subsidies to migrant workers who have started their business for the first time for 6 months.
The third is to strengthen equal employment services and rights protection, implement the policy spirit of migrant workers' equal access to employment services in places of employment as proposed in the government work report, refine work requirements, and achieve coordinated linkages between services, training, and rights protection. Provide equal employment services, fully liberalize unemployment registration in places of employment and insured areas, and provide timely job search assistance. Carry out targeted vocational skills training to meet the needs of diversified skills improvement, and support the enjoyment of training subsidy policies at training locations. Strengthen the protection of labor rights, properly handle all types of labor disputes, better play the role of mediation, arbitration and supervision and law enforcement, and earnestly safeguard the labor security rights of migrant workers.