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The number of employment insurance subscribers in the manufacturing sector increased by 116,000 on-year as of late November, according to the Ministry of Employment and Labor on Monday.

2023.12.11

Have employment insurance, will ride

According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor on Tuesday, quick-delivery-service bikers and designated drivers will be allowed to subscribe for employment insurance starting 2022.

2021.12.28

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A bulletin board filled with reservations on unemployment paycheck consulting at a job center in Songpa, Seoul, on April 12. [YONHAP]

Unemployment insurance subscriptions rise 2.3% in March

Unemployment insurance subscriptions increased 2.3 percent on year in March, according to the Ministry of Employment and Labor on Monday.

2021.4.12

People lined up to apply for unemployment benefits, which are granted to only those that subscribed to employment insurane, at a job center in Seoul on Dec. 16. The government laid out a roadmap towards an employment insurance for all on Dec. 23. [YONHAP]

Employment insurance rolls start to add semi-employed

First it was the artists. Soon it will be the freelancers and the salesmen. And finally the self-employed. The weary workers in these lonely trades are getting employment insurance.

2020.12.23

Job seekers enter a Korea Employment Information Service center in Jung District, central Seoul, for information about unemployment benefits on July 15. [NEWS1]

Unemployment checks jump 56.6% in July

Unemployment benefits paid out by the government hit an all-time high in July, reaching nearly 1.2 trillion won ($1.01 billion). They benefit have been breaking records every month since February, when the coronavirus crisis hit Korea.

2020.8.10

People wait at the employment service center in Seoul to apply for jobless benefits. According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, payments disbursed to recipients last month increased by 34.6 percent on year. [YONHAP]

Artists could soon qualify for unemployment aid

As unemployment numbers and jobless benefits continue setting new records in Korea, the government is moving closer to President Moon’s pledge to extend the safety net to all workers, with more than 75,000 artists on the cusp of becoming eligible.

2020.5.12

Blue House Senior Secretary Kang Ki-jung raises the need for a universal employment insurance, much like the national health insurance, during a seminar held at a convention center in Yongsan District on May 1. [YONHAP]

Unemployment insurance for all gains mainstream support

Unemployment insurance for all is a once bold idea gaining widespread support, with an administration leader proposing it and suggesting that this level of coverage may make sense.

2020.5.10

Reforms within boundaries

The ruling Democratic Party (DP) under the intoxication of its sweeping win in the April elections in which it secured it a supermajority with 180 seats in the 300-member National Assembly has been trotting out half-backed policy ideas.

2020.5.4