Gyeonggi Province Launches Third Recruitment for 2021 Delivery Workers' Workers' Compensation Insurance Support...Applications Begin on the 18th

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hoon Reporter] Gyeonggi Province will begin the third recruitment for the '2021 Delivery Workers' Workers' Compensation Insurance Support Project' starting on the 18th, aimed at creating a safe working environment for platform delivery workers.

This project is a new labor initiative introduced by Gyeonggi Province this year in response to increased work intensity and risk levels among platform workers in the delivery sector due to COVID-19 and the expansion of digital platform labor, while institutional safeguards for these workers remain inadequate.

In the first and second recruitment rounds conducted in April-May and July-August respectively, the province confirmed heightened interest from delivery workers, with the first round receiving 841 applicants and the second round receiving 1,723 applicants, approaching this year's target.

Gyeonggi Province plans to support 2,000 food delivery workers and quick service workers residing in the province by covering 90% of workers' compensation insurance premium contributions for up to one year. The insurance premium support period is a maximum of one year.

The project operates on a quarterly basis through first-come, first-served applications, and provides support funds after confirming workers' compensation insurance enrollment and premium payments through the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service and the National Health Insurance Service.

Workers seeking support should apply from October 18 to November 12 through the Gyeonggi Province Job Foundation's Integrated Job Support Application System (apply.jobaba.net).

On mobile devices, applicants can apply through the 'Job Aba' application.

Applicants must be specially employed workers engaged in food or quick service delivery work who have a residential address in the province as of the announcement date or are currently engaged in delivery work within the province.

However, small business owner workers' compensation insurance subscribers, rather than special employment workers' compensation insurance, are not eligible.

Proxy applications from business owners employing delivery workers are also permitted in addition to the workers themselves.

Required documents include the delivery workers' compensation insurance support application form (to be completed in the integrated application system), consent form for personal information collection and use and third-party provision (to be completed in the integrated application system), bankbook copy in the applicant's name, and special form worker annual/individual insurance premium inquiry details. Only documents issued within one month from the announcement date (recruitment period) are valid.

The province expects this project to increase workers' compensation insurance enrollment rates among delivery workers and provide significant assistance in disaster prevention and protection for delivery workers who have been excluded from the social safety net, as well as restoring their self-esteem as working professionals and improving public perception.

Lee Tae-jin, head of the Labor Rights Division of Gyeonggi Province, stated: "This project aims to create a fair working environment by providing a social safety net to delivery workers whose safety is threatened by increased food delivery and other services" and added "Gyeonggi Province will continue to make its best efforts to create a fair working environment and realize a 'world where labor is respected.'"

For more information about the project, contact the Public Benefit Employment Team, Employment Growth Division of the Gyeonggi Province Job Foundation (031-270-9791, 9854, 9672).