Parental leave benefits for foreign workers double last year

SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- Parental leave benefits paid to foreign workers in S...

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SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- Parental leave benefits paid to foreign workers in South Korea doubled over the past year, data showed Sunday.

The data, submitted to Rep. Park Soo-min of the People Power Party by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, showed total payments reached 36.45 billion won last year, up from 18.15 billion won the year before. The number of recipients rose more than 50 percent to 2,031 from 1,354.

Through July of this year, 1,476 foreign nationals have already received 26.71 billion won in benefits.

Foreign nationals made up 1.2 percent of the total recipients as of July, up from 1.1 percent last year and 1 percent two years ago.

Ethnic Korean Chinese received the most support, with 1,154 recipients sharing 22.56 billion won, followed by Vietnamese with 895 recipients and 12.87 billion won. Besides the top two groups, 652 Chinese nationals claimed 11.54 billion won in benefits, 366 Americans received 5.78 billion won, 261 Japanese received 4.99 billion won and 177 Canadians claimed 3.08 billion won.

Under Korean labor laws, foreign workers holding relevant visas, like E-9 or H-2 visas, can enroll in employment insurance and are eligible for parental leave benefits.

As more foreign workers build families and establish deeper roots in the country, the government needs to set up more sophisticated, tailored policies that account for the broader implications of parental leave, Rep. Park said.

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Parental leave benefits for foreign workers double last year

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根据雇佣劳动部提交给国民力量党议员朴秀敏的数据显示，去年共发放了364.5亿韩元的抚恤金，高于前一年的181.5亿韩元。领取抚恤金的人数也增长了50%以上，从1354人增至2031人。

截至今年7月，已有1476名外国公民获得了267.1亿韩元的福利。

截至 7 月，外国公民占总受益人数的 1.2%，高于去年的 1.1% 和两年前的 1%。

获得援助最多的族裔是朝鲜族华人，共有1154人领取了225.6亿韩元；其次是越南族，共有895人领取了128.7亿韩元。除前两大族裔外，还有652名中国公民领取了115.4亿韩元的援助金；366名美国公民领取了57.8亿韩元；261名日本公民领取了49.9亿韩元；177名加拿大公民领取了30.8亿韩元。

根据韩国劳动法，持有相关签证（如E-9签证或H-2签证）的外国工人可以参加就业保险，并有资格享受育儿假福利。

朴议员表示，随着越来越多的外国劳工组建家庭并在该国扎根，政府需要制定更完善、更有针对性的政策，以考虑到育儿假的更广泛影响。

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