Gyeonggi Province Job Foundation Recruiting Participants for 'Youth Welfare Points' Program

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hoon] The Gyeonggi Province Job Foundation is recruiting 4,000 new participants for the 'Youth Welfare Points' program, which is being pursued to improve the welfare of young workers and ensure employment stability in small and medium-sized enterprises.
The 'Youth Welfare Points' program is part of the 'Young Worker Support Project' that provides wage and welfare support to young workers in Gyeonggi Province. Participants in the program will receive welfare points worth 1.2 million won annually.

The recruitment period runs from December 1 to 16, and applications can be submitted through the Young Worker Support Project website (https://youth.jobaba.net).
Eligibility requirements include being an employee working at a mid-sized, small-to-medium enterprise, small business owner, or non-profit organization in the province for at least three months and at least 36 hours per week, and being a resident of Gyeonggi Province aged 18-34 with a three-month average health insurance contribution of 80,750 won or less.
Those selected for the 'Youth Welfare Points' program can freely use welfare points worth 1.2 million won for one year at the 'Gyeonggi Youth Mall,' which carries approximately 400,000 product items in categories including cultural activities, self-development, health management, and family-friendly products.
The Gyeonggi Province Job Foundation will verify applicants' age, duration of residence in Gyeonggi Province, workplace, length of service, and health insurance contributions, and plans to announce the selected participants by the end of December.
For more details, inquiries can be made to the Gyeonggi Province Job Foundation's Youth Business Team (☎1577-0014).

Meanwhile, the Gyeonggi Province Job Foundation expanded the scale of Youth Welfare Points participants to a total of 17,000 people in 2019 and has selected approximately 13,000 people through three rounds of recruitment by the end of November.