What are the welfare security systems in Korea?

South Korea's social security system is generally divided into three parts: social insurance, public relief and social welfare services, with social insurance as the center and medical security and income security as the main purposes of social security.

1, social insurance structure and system

At present, social insurance in Korea includes: annuity insurance, medical insurance, industrial disaster compensation insurance and employment insurance.

2. Public relief

Public relief is different from social insurance. It does not pay insurance premiums, but uses state treasury funds to protect the lives of low-income groups or save themselves. South Korea's public relief includes living security, meritorious personnel allowance and disaster and disaster relief.

3. Social welfare services

Since 1960s, the welfare service in Korea has changed from the relief stage of "emergency relief" and "facility accommodation" to the social welfare service period.

The connotation and extension of social welfare system can be understood from at least three levels: in the broadest sense, it refers to all social measures to improve and improve people's material and spiritual life;

Social welfare in the middle sense is basically synonymous with social security, which is the concept that western European countries generally replace social security; As an integral part of social security, in China, we use the concept of social welfare in a narrow sense.

Extended data:

Public welfare: Public welfare refers to the welfare supported or provided by the government and guaranteed by national laws or government policies. Including statutory holidays and statutory welfare items, such as medical insurance, unemployment insurance, old-age insurance, disability insurance, special benefits for female employees and family planning benefits.

Personal welfare: refers to the welfare items provided by the organization in combination with employee selection. Including pensions, joint savings, severance pay, housing subsidies, transportation expenses, working meals, overseas allowances, life insurance and so on.

Public welfare within the organization: refers to the welfare items provided by the organization to all employees that they can enjoy or have the opportunity to enjoy. Including sick leave, personal leave, workshop rest, group travel, organizing self-recognized folk and national festivals, such as Youth Day, Women's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Christmas and so on.

Living welfare: refers to the special welfare items provided by the organization for employees. Including providing legal services, psychological counseling, loan guarantees, nurseries, children's education fees, etc.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Welfare System