The Federation of Trade Unions advocates the establishment of an emergency unemployment support scheme to relax the unemployed to apply for CSSA in their own name

Many industries are affected by the epidemic. The Federation of Trade Unions held a press conference today (4th) to urge the government to accurately help the unemployed, and to propose six major aspects, including 18 policy measures and suggestions, including the establishment of an "emergency unemployment support program." , Increasing the subsidy of the "Special · Love Enhancement" program to 9,000 yuan and relaxing the restrictions on enrollment, etc., are expected to cost 4.8 to 5.4 billion yuan.

Huang Guo, chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions, emphasized that the government needs to have extraordinary thinking in supporting the unemployment problem.

Chen Yuenxian criticizes the government for not "landing" to understand the current situation of the citizens

Earlier, the Federation of Trade Unions set up a task force to "relieve the unemployed and make up for jobs" to understand the difficulties and needs faced by various industries, and to propose a series of policy measures.

Among them, in terms of supporting the unemployed, the Federation of Trade Unions proposes to provide emergency unemployment cash allowances to the unemployed, so that unemployed or suspended employees can receive half of the average income of the past 6 months, with a ceiling of 9,000 yuan for a period of six months.

The Federation of Trade Unions also proposed to implement the "Emergency Unemployment Support Scheme" to optimize the unemployment CSSA.

Huang Guo said that the government has previously relaxed the CSSA asset limit, but CSSA cases are less than 10% of the overall unemployed population, reflecting that CSSA is full of restrictions on the unemployed.

He suggested that the unemployed should be relaxed to apply in their own name, and at the same time, the upper limit of the assets they can apply for should be relaxed to the asset limit of one-person households in public housing, which is 266,000 yuan.

Chen Yuenxian, the conference consultant of the Federation of Trade Unions and the deputy convener of the task force, believes that the government has failed to "get to the ground" to understand the current situation of the public, and it has not done its best to solve the unemployment problem.

Chen Yuenxian also pointed out that the proposal for a food truck was not a food truck worth 70 to 800 thousand yuan. The original intention was to imitate the "trolley" in Japan and other places, allowing mobile vendors to sell soy milk and other breakfasts, thereby creating job opportunities. To assist the poor.

She criticized the current Commerce and Economic Development Bureau for "abolishing it in one sentence," and emphasized that there are countless jobs in Hong Kong that can create jobs, but "there is no concept for a government."

Lin Zhiting, vice chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions and chairman of the Federation of Travel Industry Committee, said that the epidemic has severely affected the tourism industry. Nearly 1,700 travel agencies have been "unemployed" for a year and a half, and 80 to 90 have closed down. They believe that the government's support is insufficient. Need to help yourself.

Lin Zhiting said that the trade union will hold a market to allow the tourism industry to become stall owners, selling souvenirs and self-made products from all over the world.

Consumer vouchers│Federation of Trade Unions survey pointed out that 80 adults used for transportation and household expenses to promote constant relief. The Federation of Trade Unions advocates lowering the ceiling for rent increases to 10%. Fund application time is too long, advocating pre-approval and adjusting the upper limit to 76,000 yuan

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