People's Power Han Dong-hoon stressed that policies to eliminate anxiety about career breaks can be an important way to solve the vicious cycle of low birth rate and low growth.At an event at the Seoul Women's Political Academy, a representative of
pointed out that if quality jobs are reduced due to low growth, the marriage age is pushed back, and a decrease in the fertility rate leads to a labor shortage, which eventually slows growth.
At the same time, the ruling party said it is studying ways to introduce coercion in the parental leave system, expand the cost of alternative manpower, and allow parental leave for self-employed businesses, and ask for many opinions.Speaking to reporters after the event, representative
said, "It is difficult to proceed without the majority party's consent to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, which was the presidential election pledge, but it does not mean that removing the department will eliminate the function."
In the wake of actor Jung Woo-sung's case, there are voices calling for the introduction of a French-style "registration marriage," saying that social consensus is needed when introducing a new family system, and that the system could lead to problems.
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