On the 16th, the Ministry of Employment and Labor announced that it had approved partial amendments to the Enforcement Decree of the Employment Insurance Act and the Enforcement Decree of the Employment and Industrial Accident Insurance Premium Collection Act at the Cabinet meeting. The amendments include extending the payment period for substitute workers for parental leave by up to one month and changing the method to pay the subsidy in full for the period of substitute work.
Additionally, to promote the reduction of working hours during childcare, the upper limit of the standard amount for calculating the childcare working hours reduction allowance will be raised from 2.2 million won to 2.5 million won for the first 10 hours reduced each week, and from 1.5 million won to 1.6 million won for the remaining reduced working hours. Due to the increase in the minimum wage next year, the lower limit of the job-seeking allowance linked to the minimum wage will exceed the upper limit, so the upper limit of the daily wage, which is the basis for calculating the job-seeking allowance, will be raised from 110,000 won to 113,500 won.
Accordingly, the upper limit of the job-seeking allowance will also be raised from 66,000 won to 68,100 won per day. From next year, the foundation will be laid to entrust some tasks, such as recruitment and screening for the newly promoted 4.5-day workweek support project (Work-Life Balance + 4.5 Project), to the Korea Labor Foundation, which has relevant expertise and networks.
In addition, the scope of materials that can be requested from related agencies regarding truck owners (hazardous material transport owners) will be expanded.