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Self-Employed Workers Face Worse Conditions Than COVID Era; Employment Insurance Rate Below 1%

5+ hour, 52+ min ago  (227+ words) Current law allows self-employed individuals with no employees or fewer than 50 workers to enroll in employment insurance upon approval from the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service. However, low awareness of the program and burdensome application procedures have left many…...