Minister of Employment and Labor Lee Jae-gap said today (11th) that as the first step for the 'all national employment insurance system', he plans to start applying employment insurance to specialty workers (special high school) workers and artists, such as teachers, from next year.

At the TF Task Force (TF) meeting today, Minister Lee said, “To lay the foundation for the“ all national employment insurance era ”in which all employees receive employment insurance benefits, the government first went through social discussions with special workers, artists, etc. "We will expedite the application of Korean employment insurance."

Amendments to the Employment Insurance Act to join employment insurance for high-level workers and artists are pending in the National Assembly.

Minister Lee emphasized, "We will finalize the revision of related laws during this year so that special workers, platform workers and artists will be able to benefit from employment insurance starting next year."

President Moon Jae-in formulated a policy to gradually promote the entire national employment insurance system in a special speech for the 3rd anniversary of his inauguration yesterday.

As a first step, the government decided to apply employment insurance to high-level workers and artists.

Minister Lee said, "We will proceed in stages with additional applications to self-employed persons, etc., after gathering sufficient opinions from stakeholders."

"In order to fundamentally promote the joining of workers who do not have unemployment insurance and expand the scope of application, tasks such as establishing an income grasping system, reorganizing the application and collection system, and linking information with related agencies such as the National Tax Service, the Labor Welfare Corporation, and the Health Insurance Corporation are decided. It needs to be. "

"We have confirmed that the first priority in preparing 'Post Corona' (after Corona) is to expand and maintain the employment safety net so that everyone who works while experiencing Corona 19 is not marginalized from minimal social protection." "Expansion is the way our society has to go, and it's an agenda."

Minister Lee said, "I will do my best to expand the employment insurance system, which is the primary employment safety net, and to implement the national employment support system as a secondary employment safety net for the low-income, youth and long-term unemployed people who are preparing for employment." Revealed.

The National Employment Support System is a Korean-style unemployment assistance system that provides customized employment services and provides allowances for up to six months per month for 500,000 won per month for job seekers in low-income families in blind spots of employment insurance. .

Minister Lee emphasized, "We will prepare for necessary measures to ensure that the legislative legislation is currently underway, as well as the preparation of subordinate legislation and development of related computer networks.

As for the special support project for local employment that supports special high-income people who have difficulties in living due to the Corona 19 situation, he said, "To date, about 150,000 special high schools, freelancers and 50,000 unpaid leave have been supported by 17 local governments. I am doing it. "

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