Last month, the number of temporary and daily workers in their 20s decreased by 214,000 from a year ago. As employment was hit by Corona 19, even short-term part-time jobs for young people to work are considered to have decreased significantly.
On the 17th, Yonhap News analyzed microdata from the National Statistical Office, and the number of temporary and daily workers in January was 4995,000, down 795,000 (13.7%) from a year ago (5.79 million).
Among them, the number of temporary and daily workers in their 20s was counted as 997,000.
This is a decrease of 214,000 people (17.7%) from the same month last year (1211,000 people).
Of the temporary and daily jobs that decreased last month, one in four (26.9%) was in their twenties.
Among them, the number of temporary workers in their twenties decreased by 63,000 from 1012,000 to 861,000, respectively, to 151,000 and daily workers from 199,000 to 136,000.
According to the classification of the National Statistical Office, temporary workers mean workers whose employment contract period is less than one month to less than one year, and daily workers mean workers whose contract period is less than one month.
“It can be said that part-time jobs, which are commonly referred to, are included in temporary and daily jobs,” said Chung Dong-wook, head of the employment statistics department at the National Statistical Office.
By age group, the number of temporary and daily workers over the age of 60 decreased by 190,000. Even in their 50s, the number of temporary and daily workers decreased by 131,000.
Others were in their 30s (79,000), and in their teens (15-19 years old, 57,000 people).
This is interpreted as the impact of the in-person service sector, which has a large proportion of temporary and daily workers, suffered as Corona 19 prolonged.
Last month, the number of employed in the lodging and restaurant business decreased by 367,000 (17.7%) from a year ago.
In addition, the number of employed decreased significantly in wholesale and retail businesses (-218,000 people), associations, organizations, repairs, and other personal service businesses (-103,000 people). In particular, the number of jobs reduced in the service industry amounted to 898,000.
“In terms of business, the (employment) decline was the largest in the lodging and restaurant business, followed by wholesale and retail, and personal service businesses such as beauty and beauty, funeral halls, and wedding halls,” he said. ) It seems to be considered temporary workers in such industries,” he analyzed.
Among the self-employed, the number of self-employed workers with employees decreased by 158,000 from a year ago.
It is interpreted in the aftermath of the increase in the number of companies who send out employees and work alone with the recent business difficulties.
(yunhap news)