2024-01-25 00:05:03
Various types of funds directly support employment and entrepreneurship exceeding 300 billion yuan. In 2023, 12.44 million new urban jobs will be created.
It was learned from a press conference held by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on the 24th that 12.44 million new jobs will be created in cities and towns across the country in 2023. The employment of young people such as college graduates is basically stable and continues to improve. The scale of rural labor force going out to work continues to increase, and the number of people who have been lifted out of poverty is working. Reaching 33.97 million people.
Yun Donglai, deputy director of the Employment Promotion Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said, “The annual GDP growth of 5.2% year-on-year is the key to driving employment growth. The service industry has accelerated its recovery, with added value accounting for 54.6% of the GDP. The ability of economic development to drive employment continues to increase.”
In 2023, the state promptly adjusted and optimized policies to stabilize employment, continued to implement the return policy to stabilize employment, continued to expand employment subsidies, and restarted subsidies for job expansion in a timely manner, forming a systematic policy support system for stabilizing jobs and expanding employment. Governments at all levels throughout the year Funds directly supporting employment and entrepreneurship exceeded 300 billion yuan.
At the same time, the expansion of service training and efficiency enhancement have enhanced market efficiency, and targeted assistance to key groups has ensured the bottom line of people’s livelihood. Employment service activities such as “Spring Breeze Action” are carried out with high frequency, and the “Skills China” action is implemented in depth. Governments at all levels have paid close attention to the employment of youths such as college graduates early and in detail, and have taken strict measures to ensure the employment of urban and rural people in need. Throughout the year, a total of 5.14 million urban unemployed people have been re-employed, and 1.72 million people in need have found employment.
What will be the employment trend in 2024? Yun Donglai said that the foundation for employment stabilization in 2024 is generally solid, economic growth will further recover, new and old drivers of growth will accelerate, and new employment growth points will continue to emerge, providing solid support for employment stabilization. At the same time, uncertainties in economic operations are increasing, social expectations are weak, pressure on total employment remains unabated, structural contradictions still exist, and more efforts are needed to stabilize employment.
In 2023, various institutional measures in the field of social security will be steadily advanced. Reforms such as national coordination of basic pension insurance for enterprise employees, personal pension systems, and pilot occupational injury protection for employees in new employment forms continue to deepen, and provincial coordination of unemployment insurance and work-related injury insurance has been fully realized. As of the end of last year, the number of people covered by basic pension, unemployment, and work-related injury insurance nationwide were 1.066 billion, 244 million, and 302 million respectively, a year-on-year increase of 13.36 million, 5.66 million, and 10.54 million. Among them, the number of people covered by work-related injury insurance exceeded 300 million for the first time.
Social security benefits are paid in full and on time. We distributed 97.6 billion yuan in various types of unemployment insurance benefits including unemployment insurance benefits throughout the year, adjusted the basic pension level for retirees, raised the minimum basic pension standards for urban and rural residents, and paid the pension insurance premiums for urban and rural residents for 25.77 million needy groups. The insurance participation rate remains above 99%.
In 2024, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security will continue to promote the universal insurance plan and expand the coverage of enterprise annuities, promote the comprehensive implementation of the personal pension system, promote flexible employment and workers with new employment forms to participate in pension insurance, and promote qualified village collective economic organizations Subsidize pension insurance participants for urban and rural residents to pay contributions and increase personal account accumulation.
In response to the increasing number of labor disputes in new forms of employment, Wang Zhenqi, director of the Mediation and Arbitration Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said at the press conference that it is difficult for workers in new forms of employment to safeguard their rights and run into multiple directions. It is difficult to investigate and obtain evidence and to ascertain facts in handling such disputes. The legal The policy is incomplete.
In this regard, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and many departments are exploring the provision of one-stop labor dispute mediation services for workers in new employment forms. “For mediation applications due to labor disputes such as labor remuneration, rewards and punishments, rest, and occupational injuries between workers in the new employment form and platform companies and employment cooperatives, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other departments will help the parties to voluntarily reach a mediation agreement on the basis of mutual understanding and accommodation. .At the same time, one-stop mediation should be completed within 15 days from the date of acceptance. If both parties agree to an extension, it can be extended, and the extension period shall not exceed 15 days.” Wang Zhenqi said. (Reporter Ao Rong)
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