Signal Expansion of employment insurance to blind spots has stalled since July 2022

Summary

Coverage of employment insurance has been widened to reach people in unstable employment. Even so, many long-term unemployed and atypical workers remain in its blind spots. The report states that policies to close these blind spots have stalled since July 2022. It adds that the Yoon Suk Yeol government took no further steps on the expansion of employment insurance begun by its predecessor. Changes in the employment environment, including new forms of work linked to digital transformation, make the gap more pressing. The report treats this stall as the starting point for evaluating past expansion and preparing to widen coverage again.