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Emergency Grant for Family Care Leave

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posted on 2023-11-06, 21:18 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

The Emergency Grant for Family Care Leave (가족돌봄비용 긴급지원금) was provided to allow people to take time off from work to care for their children and other family members

History

Country

South Korea

Policy Area

Parental leave

Measure

Paid parental leave

Eligibility

Employed or self-employed individuals with children who were diagnosed with COVID-19, those aged 8 and under whose ECEC settings/schools were closed, those aged 8 or under who were subject to self-isolate, or those with a disability whose special schools or welfare centres were closed

Type

Cash (social insurance)

Start / Announced Date

01/03/2020 (retroactively from 20/01/2020)

End Date

N/A

Amount

Full-time workers: ₩50,000 per day for up to 10 days (with 5 days extra for single parents) Part-time workers: ₩25,000 per day for up to 10 days (with 5 days extra for single parents)

Total Cost

₩47.4 billion (as of 23/11/2020)

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Republic of Korea (2020) Emergency support for familial care fees (가족돌봄비용 긴급지원). Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230107022050/https://www.korea.kr/news/visualNewsView.do?newsId=148880096 Ministry of Employment and Labour (2020) Emergency support for COVID-19-related familial care fees (코로나19 관련 가족돌봄비용 긴급 지원). Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230107022229/http://www.moel.go.kr/news/cardinfo/view.do?bbs_seq=20200201491