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Carabomi Supports Double … Increased Support for Maternity Leave and Child Care Leaves
Excluding the residential sector, the additional cost is about 900 billion won … "Very low fertility effect"
(Seoul-Yonhap News) Jung-seok reporter Shin Jae-woo: The government has decided to support 16.3 million households for newlyweds and young people by 2022 in order to solve the problem of low birth rate.
People who are not covered by maternity insurance, such as cafes and the self-employed, and teachers who do not receive maternity benefits will also receive benefits. Parents of children under the age of 8 are encouraged to reduce their hours of work by one hour per day without pay reduction to help them with their care.
The cost of medical expenses for a one-year-old child is virtually eliminated and newly-married couples receiving care are twice as likely to have children as now.
Dad's maternity leave goes from three days to ten days.
On the 5th, the Committee of the Aging Society on Low Fertility, which is directly under the presidency, announced "the key task for a country happy to work and raise children". Focus on "housing well-being", "wowlabal" (work-life balance), "support for child growth" and "discrimination" are the first measures that do not focus on fertility goals.
The government raised the goal of supporting newlyweds in the "Housing Wellbeing Roadmap" last year in order to relieve housing-related anxiety, seen as the main cause of marital conflict and low fertility.
Newly married couples, including the public housing offer and financial support, decided to move from 600,000 households to 880,000 households and young adults from 565,000 households to 750,000 households.
The city of New Hope will receive 30,000 more people than the original goal of 30,000 people, and newly married couples who will be buying a home for the first time next year will benefit from the same. a 50% reduction in the acquisition tax.
In addition, the benefits of newly married couples and multi-family households will be significantly expanded in September through springboard loan (purchase), support loan (charter) for housing fund for homeless people and loan 39, purchase and lease for newlyweds.
The government is also eliminating blind spots for childbirth support programs. Unemployed people such as insurance planners, tutoring teachers, golf caddies, credit card recruiters, self-employed and part-time workers who have not joined the program Employment Insurance did not receive any special benefits for 90 days.
In the future, they will receive 500,000 won a month, making a total of 1.5 million won in child support. There are about 50,000 women who will benefit from the new system.
Medical expenses for children under one year old are virtually eliminated. Ambulatory Medical Expenses The health insurance deductible is reduced by 66% from the current amount, and the remaining amount can be paid by the national happiness card which is paid to pregnant women in a lump sum.
Expansion of the childcare service. At present, if the income is 3,400,000 won per month (120% of the median income), it can receive child care, but it will be 5,530,000 won (150% of the median income) at l & # 39; future.
In order to create a culture of work-life balance with the child, the government decided to institutionalize it to shorten the work time to one hour without reducing the wages of parents having children under eight years old. The period of shortening of the work period is maximum 2 years. If necessary, it can be shortened up to 5 hours a day, and the government keeps 100% of the normal wage for 1 hour.
In addition, to increase paternity leave for men, the salary for the first three months goes from 2 million won to 2.5 million won per month for men who access paternity leave after the first three months. ;wife.
Paid maternity leave for husbands goes from three days to ten days. The government will pay wages for paid vacations of SME workers for five days. Plus, the holidays are divided and used within 90 days of delivery, and the convenience is increased.
The government has established political guidelines to respect all births in order to increase fertility rates.
Raise the age of a child who can receive alimony from a lone parent to raise a child from 14 to 18 years and increase the amount of aid by 130,000 We pay 170,000 won a month.
In order to prevent social discrimination from non-marriage and the upbringing of children, single mothers raise their children, and even if the father recognizes the existence of their children, they revise the law to Retain the old family name, We plan to offer health insurance benefits in alcohol.
Among the countermeasures, projects that do not require revision of the law will be implemented by the government budget next year.
Kim Sang-hee, vice chairman of the elderly society's Committee on Low Fertility, said, "This is the first step toward transitioning from a fertility-oriented policy to a policy of promoting fertility." improving the quality of life. We focused on strengthening state support and creating conditions to respect all births when we want it. "
The government has not presented the birth rate and birthrate targets to this extent. It is based on the judgment that it is useless to set a goal because the pace of childbirth is too fast.
Last year, Korea had a fertility rate of 1.05, with births of 358,000. The situation worsens this year and the birth rate should fall below 1.0, and the number of births should reach 320,000.
However, it is estimated that the weight of the measures against the worst situation is decreasing. The cost of this measure is not a large-scale project, with a budget of about 900 billion won, excluding residential sector.
"Reduce medical expenses for 1-year-olds" and "Expand child care" are not new because they reinforce existing policies.
"Reduce working time by one hour without a reduction in wages" And the proliferation of the use of child care leave for men is necessary to revise the law and the law. The company has to bear a certain burden.
The single woman Kim (38) said, "Even if a lot of money is put into such a policy, the burden of a parent raising a real child will not be greatly reduced. It would not be effective unless it is a policy that would significantly reduce the situation. "
million. Kumo (35), an employee of the company, said: "This measure is felt like a policy that offers more opportunities for parental leave and housing to those who can afford to go in a good way. Workplace. I wonder if I can go out. "
Lee Chang-joon, Planning and Coordinating Officer for the Senate Committee on Low-Aged Seniors, said, "In the short term, we have announced measures that can be implemented as early as next year. · We will restructure the old society's core plan and announce it in October. "
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