Gyeonggi Province Supports Worker Vacation Allowances...1,700 Recipients Selected

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hoon Reporter] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 31st that it has finalized the selection of 1,700 recipients for the '2021 Gyeonggi Province Worker Vacation Allowance Support Project' through a lottery draw.

The province previously held recruitment from May 10 to 21, resulting in 5,818 applicants and a competition rate of approximately 3.4:1. The final recipients were selected on the 28th through a lottery program.

Breaking down the lottery results by age, among the total 1,700 recipients, those in their 20s numbered 481 (28%), the highest, followed by those in their 30s at 470 (27%), those in their 40s at 382 (22%), and those in their 50s at 244 (14%).

By industry, non-regular workers such as fixed-term laborers accounted for 80%, while special-form workers such as proxy drivers and correspondence course instructors accounted for 20%.

The lottery results can be verified on the application website (ggvacation.ezwel.com), and selected recipients will be notified individually via text message.

To ensure fairness, video footage of the lottery process has been posted on the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation website.

Selected workers must pay their self-funded share of 150,000 won by June 7 (Monday) to the designated account. Note that failure to pay will result in the opportunity being passed to reserve selections.

Once the final self-funded payment is confirmed, Gyeonggi Province will provide an additional 250,000 won in support.

With the accumulated funds of 400,000 won, workers can purchase various products related to domestic travel such as accommodation vouchers and entrance tickets, hobby activity products such as camping, hiking, and sports equipment, and 'stay-at-home leisure products' including online hobby classes such as French embroidery and acoustic guitar lessons through the dedicated online mall (ggvacation.ezwel.com) until December 12.

In particular, to vitalize regional tourism, 'Gyeonggi Province-style cultural leisure products' will be provided, developed around distinctive cultural and art content of Gyeonggi Province including museums, art galleries, performances, exhibitions, and regional events in the province.

Kim Kyou-sik, Director of the Labor Bureau, stated, "We appreciate the strong interest in the worker vacation support project amid the high competition rate of 3.4:1. We plan to ensure that more people can benefit from this program in the future, and will continue to develop various projects and policies to guarantee conditions where work and rest can achieve balance."

For detailed information about the project, refer to the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation website (www.ggcf.kr) or contact by phone (031-853-7865~9).