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South Korea to import foreign workers to ease burden of housework, childcare: Report
SEOUL: South Korea will now import overseas employees to ease the burden of home tasks and childcare. This comes because the nation struggles to get younger individuals concerned with marriage and children, CNN reported.
The South Korean authorities on Friday introduced {that a} pilot program permitting 100 overseas home helpers to begin working within the capital Seoul would start as early as December.
The plan will develop the variety of industries and corporations eligible to make use of overseas employees, as South Korea faces an ageing inhabitants, shrinking workforce and labour shortages in numerous sectors.
As per CNN, the pilot program will prioritize sending overseas home employees to dual-income married {couples} of their 20s to 40s, single-parent households, and multi-child households, as these teams have the very best demand for assist with home tasks. This system goals “to ease the burden of home tasks and youngster care,” stated the prime minister’s workplace in a information launch.
As conditions, the employees must be no less than 24 years previous, and can bear background checks together with a evaluation of any felony or drug-related information, the discharge stated. Authorities may also consider the migrants’ work expertise, information and language proficiency abilities.
The information launch stated they are going to be positioned in Korean households by way of “credible companies,” which is able to monitor this system’s success by way of its six-month run, the information launch stated.
South Korea’s falling marriage and start charges could be attributed to the burden of kid care and home tasks in addition to the rising prices of dwelling, and a rising reluctance amongst educated ladies to place their careers on maintain.
A authorities report earlier this week discovered that amongst residents aged 19 to 34, greater than half stated they did not see the necessity to have a baby, even after marriage. And solely 36.4 per cent of respondents stated that they had a optimistic notion of marriage – citing widespread elements like financial difficulties, in accordance with CNN.
The federal government in an effort to handle the scarcity, even proposed elevating its cap on working hours to 69 per week, up from the restrict of 52 – till a backlash amongst younger employees pressured them to stroll again the plan.
Underneath present guidelines, South Korea solely permits overseas nationals on particular visas to work in housekeeping or youngster care, resembling long-term residents, marriage migrants and ethnic Koreans coming from abroad. This new pilot program goals to open up that work to E-9 visa holders – overseas employees in “non-professional” jobs.
The South Korean authorities on Friday introduced {that a} pilot program permitting 100 overseas home helpers to begin working within the capital Seoul would start as early as December.
The plan will develop the variety of industries and corporations eligible to make use of overseas employees, as South Korea faces an ageing inhabitants, shrinking workforce and labour shortages in numerous sectors.
As per CNN, the pilot program will prioritize sending overseas home employees to dual-income married {couples} of their 20s to 40s, single-parent households, and multi-child households, as these teams have the very best demand for assist with home tasks. This system goals “to ease the burden of home tasks and youngster care,” stated the prime minister’s workplace in a information launch.
As conditions, the employees must be no less than 24 years previous, and can bear background checks together with a evaluation of any felony or drug-related information, the discharge stated. Authorities may also consider the migrants’ work expertise, information and language proficiency abilities.
The information launch stated they are going to be positioned in Korean households by way of “credible companies,” which is able to monitor this system’s success by way of its six-month run, the information launch stated.
South Korea’s falling marriage and start charges could be attributed to the burden of kid care and home tasks in addition to the rising prices of dwelling, and a rising reluctance amongst educated ladies to place their careers on maintain.
A authorities report earlier this week discovered that amongst residents aged 19 to 34, greater than half stated they did not see the necessity to have a baby, even after marriage. And solely 36.4 per cent of respondents stated that they had a optimistic notion of marriage – citing widespread elements like financial difficulties, in accordance with CNN.
The federal government in an effort to handle the scarcity, even proposed elevating its cap on working hours to 69 per week, up from the restrict of 52 – till a backlash amongst younger employees pressured them to stroll again the plan.
Underneath present guidelines, South Korea solely permits overseas nationals on particular visas to work in housekeeping or youngster care, resembling long-term residents, marriage migrants and ethnic Koreans coming from abroad. This new pilot program goals to open up that work to E-9 visa holders – overseas employees in “non-professional” jobs.
