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정부는 4일 발표한 ‘고용률 70% 로드맵’을 통해 앞으로 5년간 238만 개의 일자리를 만들 것이라고 밝혔다.
정부는 작년 64.2%의 고용률에서 벗어나 2017년까지 70% 달성을 위해 시간제 일자리와 창조경제의 새로운 일자리, 규제완화를 통한 일자리 창출 등을 바탕으로 계획 중인 것으로 전해졌다.
특히 박 대통령 취임 100일을 맞아 박 대통령의 선거시절 공약 중 하나인 ‘고용률 70% 로드맵’을 오늘 발표한 것에 관심이 커지고 있다.
정홍원 국무총리는 이날 “남성 중심의 장시간 근로관행에서 벗어나 모든 사람이 일할 수 있는 유연한 근로형태와 일ㆍ가정 양립 문화가 각 기업과 사회전반에 확산돼야 한다”며 “정부는 고용률 70% 달성을 위해 그 동안 추진해 왔던 일자리 창출 방식을 근본적으로 바꿔나가고자 한다. 대책의 주요 내용은 창조경제를 통한 일자리 창출, 일하는 방식과 근로시간의 개혁, 핵심인력의 고용가능성 제고, 사회적 책임과 연대 강화로 돼 있다”고 설명했다.
정 총리는 이날 여성, 청소년, 노인들을 위한 일자리 창출에 대해서도 언급했다.
이날 정부는 여성근로자들을 위해 25만 개의 사회 봉사직을 만들 것이라고 밝혔다.
정 총리는 “이를 위해 정부는 공공부문에서 변화를 선도해 민간 부문으로의 확산을 지원해 나갈 것“이라며 ”청년ㆍ여성 등 핵심인력도 노동시장에 원활하게 진입할 수 있도록 하겠다”고 강조했다.
현재 여성 및 청소년 고용률은 OECD 국가 중 평균에 미치지 못해 정부는 여성 고용률을 현재의 53.5%에서 2017년까지 61.9%로, 청소년 고용률을 40.4%에서 47.7%로 올릴 목표를 세웠다. 또 시간제 일자리의 수를 늘이면서 여성근로자들이 가사와 직장의 균형을 잃지 않게 돕겠다는 것이 정부의 취지다.
앞으로 시간제 일자리를 많이 만들어 내는 회사는 그에 대한 세금 혜택 및 정부 지원을 받을 수 있게 된다. 또 정부는 시간제 근로자의 권리를 보호하는 새 법안을 구상 중이라고 밝혔다.
청소년 일자리 창출에 관해서 정부는 학생들이 직접 체험하고 멘토에게 일을 배우면서 시간과 자원 낭비를 최대한 줄일 수 있는 체제를 갖춰가겠다고 말했다.
정부는 또 정년을 60세로 올리는 것에 대해 현재 50세 이상의 근로자들이 점차적으로 근로시간을 줄여가야 할 것이라고 전했다. 이들이 60세가 지난 후에는 직업을 찾을 수 있게 도와주는 프로그램도 구상 중이라고 했다.
평균근로시간도 현재 2090 시간에서 5년 뒤 1900 시간으로 줄이겠다고 발표했다. 한국 근로자들은 2010년 OECD 평균인 1749 시간보다 훨씬 많은 2193 시간을 일한 것으로 나타났다. (코리아헤럴드 조정은 기자. 번역: 권범준 )
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Seoul rolls out job creation plan
By Cho Chung-un
The government said Tuesday it aims to create more than 2.38 million jobs by 2017 through flexible hiring, reduced work hours, job sharing and more positions for youth, women and the elderly.
The Prime Minister’s Office announced a road map to deliver President Park Geun-hye’s pledge to raise the employment rate to 70 percent. The percentage stood at 64.2 percent last year.
The plan involving 13 ministries and agencies came as Park, marking her 100th day in office, is accelerating her policy drive to boost welfare, growth and market fairness. Her government plans to unveil on Wednesday a set of plans on nurturing creative industries.
Prime Minister Chung Hong-won stressed that the nation’s export-driven economy as well as social acceptance of long working hours for men have weakened the market’s capacity to create new jobs.
“To achieve the goal of boosting the employment rate to 70 percent, (the government) will fundamentally change the current job creation system,” Chung said.
“For this, we need to change the labor market led by male workers, manufacturers and big companies, and create a new environment where everyone can take on flexible types of work and take care of their families at the same time,” he said.
The prime minister also urged the labor groups and businesses to closely cooperate in the government’s initiatives.
To this end, the government plans to create about 930,000 part-time jobs, especially for women, youth and seniors and to increase institutional and financial support for small and medium-sized companies.
Ministries have brought up a total of 137 projects to be implemented over the next five years.
Calls for better child care service and flexible working hours for mothers have been growing as many quit work over unfavorable conditions. The nation’s employment rates of women and the youth lag behind the average figures of OECD member countries. With new labor policies, the government expects to increase the employment rate for women from the current 53.5 percent to 61.9 percent and from 40.4 percent to 47.7 percent for youth.
The government plans to expand part-time jobs for them so that they can better balance between work and home. Full-time working mothers can request companies to reduce their work hours for a year; additionally, mothers with kids aged 9 and under will be permitted to take partly paid maternity leave for a year. The limit is currently for kids up to age 6.
Companies that open more part-time positions will get tax incentives and state subsidies. Regulations on workplace nurseries will be eased and support funds will be provided for companies hiring part-timers to replace their employees who are on child care leave, officials said. A new labor law will be legislated to protect the rights of part-timers as well, they added.
The government also plans to create 250,000 social service jobs for women.
On youth employment, Seoul will launch an apprenticeship system for young jobseekers so that they can learn and work at the same time instead of wasting time and resources on job searching. A pan-governmental task force team will be launched to encourage graduates to find jobs at SMEs, which have been suffering from a lack of quality workers.
For the planned extension of the retirement age to 60, the government will urge elderly workers aged 50 and above to gradually reduce their working hours and eventually cut their salary. They will be given a support system to help them find jobs after they retire at age 60.
The government also plans to gradually reduce annual working hours per worker from the current 2,090 to 1,900 in the next five years.
In 2010, Korean laborers worked 2,193 hours on average, more than 400 hours longer than the OECD average of 1,749 hours.
To shorten Korea’s notoriously long working hours, the government said working hours on weekends or holidays will be recognized as extended work hours and companies will be urged to financially compensate for unused annual leave.
(christory@heraldcorp.com)
Seoul rolls out job creation plan
By Cho Chung-un
The government said Tuesday it aims to create more than 2.38 million jobs by 2017 through flexible hiring, reduced work hours, job sharing and more positions for youth, women and the elderly.
The Prime Minister’s Office announced a road map to deliver President Park Geun-hye’s pledge to raise the employment rate to 70 percent. The percentage stood at 64.2 percent last year.
The plan involving 13 ministries and agencies came as Park, marking her 100th day in office, is accelerating her policy drive to boost welfare, growth and market fairness. Her government plans to unveil on Wednesday a set of plans on nurturing creative industries.
Prime Minister Chung Hong-won stressed that the nation’s export-driven economy as well as social acceptance of long working hours for men have weakened the market’s capacity to create new jobs.
“To achieve the goal of boosting the employment rate to 70 percent, (the government) will fundamentally change the current job creation system,” Chung said.
“For this, we need to change the labor market led by male workers, manufacturers and big companies, and create a new environment where everyone can take on flexible types of work and take care of their families at the same time,” he said.
The prime minister also urged the labor groups and businesses to closely cooperate in the government’s initiatives.
To this end, the government plans to create about 930,000 part-time jobs, especially for women, youth and seniors and to increase institutional and financial support for small and medium-sized companies.
Ministries have brought up a total of 137 projects to be implemented over the next five years.
Calls for better child care service and flexible working hours for mothers have been growing as many quit work over unfavorable conditions. The nation’s employment rates of women and the youth lag behind the average figures of OECD member countries. With new labor policies, the government expects to increase the employment rate for women from the current 53.5 percent to 61.9 percent and from 40.4 percent to 47.7 percent for youth.
The government plans to expand part-time jobs for them so that they can better balance between work and home. Full-time working mothers can request companies to reduce their work hours for a year; additionally, mothers with kids aged 9 and under will be permitted to take partly paid maternity leave for a year. The limit is currently for kids up to age 6.
Companies that open more part-time positions will get tax incentives and state subsidies. Regulations on workplace nurseries will be eased and support funds will be provided for companies hiring part-timers to replace their employees who are on child care leave, officials said. A new labor law will be legislated to protect the rights of part-timers as well, they added.
The government also plans to create 250,000 social service jobs for women.
On youth employment, Seoul will launch an apprenticeship system for young jobseekers so that they can learn and work at the same time instead of wasting time and resources on job searching. A pan-governmental task force team will be launched to encourage graduates to find jobs at SMEs, which have been suffering from a lack of quality workers.
For the planned extension of the retirement age to 60, the government will urge elderly workers aged 50 and above to gradually reduce their working hours and eventually cut their salary. They will be given a support system to help them find jobs after they retire at age 60.
The government also plans to gradually reduce annual working hours per worker from the current 2,090 to 1,900 in the next five years.
In 2010, Korean laborers worked 2,193 hours on average, more than 400 hours longer than the OECD average of 1,749 hours.
To shorten Korea’s notoriously long working hours, the government said working hours on weekends or holidays will be recognized as extended work hours and companies will be urged to financially compensate for unused annual leave.
(christory@heraldcorp.com)
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