Political situation
Author: Zheng Rongdi
2020-05-17 17:04
Last update date: 2020-05-17 17:04The Federation of Youth Affairs Committee released a questionnaire survey today (17th). Nearly 70% of the interviewed Hong Kong youths said they were affected by the epidemic. The Youth Committee of the Federation of Trade Unions suggested that the government should strengthen the protection of casual workers, create additional training courses, and create more jobs. Improve the Youth Pre-employment Program and provide living allowances.
Chen Runzhi, executive deputy director of the Youth Committee of the Federation of Trade Unions, pointed out that the overall unemployment rate from January to March 2020 was 4.2%, of which the unemployment rate for young people aged 20 to 24 was 9.8%, and the unemployment rate for young people aged 25 to 29 was 5.1%. The severity of unemployment in the age group is higher than the overall. (Photo by Luo Junhao)
The Federation of Trade Unions and the Youth Committee of the Federation of Trade Unions conducted a "Survey on the Status of Youth under Epidemic Diseases" in April, interviewing 1335 working young people aged 18 to 40 in the form of a questionnaire. The results show that nearly 70% of the young people aged 18 to 40 interviewed were pessimistic about employment prospects, such as reduced workload and income. More than half of the respondents reduced their wages, freeze wages, unpaid wages, or even lost their jobs due to the epidemic. Among them, more than 47.3% of the respondents reduced their wages by more than 25%. More than 35% of the respondents believe that they will face difficulties in life for four to six months.
Chen Runzhi, executive deputy director of the Youth Committee of the Federation of Trade Unions, pointed out that according to government statistics, the overall unemployment rate from January to March 2020 was 4.2%, of which the unemployment rate for young people aged 20 to 24 was 9.8%, and the unemployment rate for young people aged 25 to 29 was 5.1%, the severity of unemployment in both age groups is higher than the overall.
Mr. Jiang pointed out that many job seekers are willing to reduce labor, and employers prefer to hire experienced job seekers, making it harder for graduates to find work. (Photo by Luo Junhao)
According to the survey, about 15% of the respondents were mainly engaged in part-time and scattered chemical species. Even though the second round of anti-epidemic and anti-epidemic funds launched by the government expanded the scope of beneficiaries, it still failed to cover casual workers.
Fresh graduate Jiang said that he was worried about the livelihood after graduation due to the impact of social events and the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. As early as December last year, he was given an early job but the results were not satisfactory. "Even recruitment advertisements are unacceptable. Not much. "He pointed out that many job seekers are willing to reduce labor, and employers prefer to hire experienced job seekers, making it harder for graduates to find work.
Guo Weiqiang suggested that the government extend the scope of subsidies to support unemployed and casual workers, increase the medical insurance in the fragmented industry, and refer to the MPF schemes in the catering and construction industries to set up a scattered industry MPF scheme. (Photo by Luo Junhao)
Guo Weiqiang, a member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, suggested that the government extend the scope of subsidies to support unemployed and casual workers, increase the medical insurance for the scattered industry, and refer to the MPF scheme in the catering and construction industries to set up a scattered industry MPF scheme.
In addition, I hope that the Employees Retraining Board will increase the "Love Value Added" program allowance to the upper limit of 9,000 yuan for people who are recently unemployed and underemployed, and increase the training of current popular industries, such as logistics, online sales, remote office, Key opinion leader KOL, etc.
The remaining policies include creating more government positions, providing support for increasing entrepreneurship and employment in the Bay Area, broadening the age and academic qualifications of YWETS participants, and issuing a fixed amount to each eligible resident with reference to the Macau Consumer Subsidy Scheme Electronic consumer card.
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