980,000 jobs fell sharply… Maximum employment shock after the financial crisis
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Due to the third corona19 epidemic and the resulting intensification of distance, the number of employed people in the past month dropped by close to 1 million from a year ago.
This is the largest decline after the financial crisis, and the government has taken emergency measures to supply more than 900,000 direct jobs by next month.
This is reporter Lee Dong-hoon.
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The streets darken after 9 pm, and this is a result of the high-intensity social distancing measures that have continued since December 8th last year.
This immediately led to a cold job.
The number of employed workers in January fell by 982,000 from last January.
It is the largest decline since December 1998, when the aftermath of the financial crisis, and the largest decline after the Corona 19 incident.
The impact of the face-to-face service industry was particularly great.
Of the 982,000 people who were employed in January, 920,000 of them occurred in the social overhead capital and other service industries.
Among them, there was a record-high decline in the lodging and restaurant businesses, followed by other service industries such as wholesale and retail, beauty, and funeral services.
Last month as well, the underprivileged class of employment was hit hard.
While the number of regular workers, mainly regular workers, increased slightly, the number of temporary workers dropped by 560,000 and the number of daily workers dropped sharply by 230,000.
The number of unemployed people is 1.57 million, the highest level in 21 years since June 1999, when statistics were prepared, and the unemployment rate was 5.7%, the highest in January.
In the face of a serious job situation, the government has also taken emergency measures.
“In the first quarter, the central government and local governments cooperated to provide more than 900,000 direct jobs, further strengthening the supporting role of jobs in the public sector…”
In addition, considering the improved quarantine situation, the employment situation is expected to improve slightly with the bottom of January.
However, there is a limit to the supply of jobs in the public sector without the end of the corona crisis and the economic rebound.
This is Yonhap News TV Lee Dong-hoon.
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