Original title: Employment data for the first half of the year is released! 6.54 million new jobs have been created, and the employment pressure of young people is still relatively high. The five major measures of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security have stabilized employment…
A few days ago, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security released the “Relevant Situation of Employment Situation in the First Half of the Year”, which introduced my country’s employment forms in the first half of the year, and further specified the requirements for stabilizing employment and ensuring employment.
According to the data of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, in the first half of the year, 6.54 million new jobs were created in cities and towns in my country, completing 59% of the annual target and tasks, which was in line with the timing schedule; from the trend of the urban unemployment rate survey, the employment situation has gradually improved in the past two months, but 16- The rising unemployment rate of 24-year-olds still needs attention; the employment of urban and rural people with difficulties is increasing steadily; from the perspective of job supply and demand, the market job demand is greater than the number of job seekers.
Affected by various factors, the current pressure on total employment still exists, and more efforts are still needed to stabilize employment and ensure employment. In this regard, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security proposes:
The first is to accelerate the release of the policy dividends of reducing burdens and stabilizing jobs, helping enterprises to relieve difficulties and stabilize jobs and expand jobs.
The second is to step up efforts to promote entrepreneurship and flexible employment, and implement key group entrepreneurship promotion actions; strengthen the construction of the gig labor market, and support the healthy development of flexible employment.
The third is to encrypt and organize online and offline employment service activities, and carry out special activities for employment services such as 100-day, 10-million-dollar online recruitment; carry out human resources service agencies to stabilize employment and promote employment, and mobilize market forces to actively provide employment services.
The fourth is to increase the employment support for unemployed graduates, comprehensively launch the unemployed graduates service to tackle tough tasks, and provide special services of “one person, one file” and “one policy for life”; focus on releasing urban and rural grassroots jobs, and do everything possible to expand the employment space of graduates.
The fifth is to strengthen the employment assistance for other key groups, carry out the campaign to prevent returning to poverty and employment, and encourage returning to the countryside to start businesses; focusing on the elderly, disabled, low-income families, long-term unemployed and other difficult people, sending information, services, policies, and guarantees .
New jobs in cities and towns in line with timing
From January to June, 6.54 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country, completing 59% of the annual target and tasks, in line with the timing schedule. From the local situation, 28 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps completed tasks faster than the schedule, but affected by the local epidemic, the progress of 3 provinces was slow.
In terms of the urban surveyed unemployment rate, the employment pressure of people aged 16-24 has increased. In the first quarter, the national average urban survey unemployment rate was 5.5%, which was at a low level. In April, it was 6.1%, which was higher due to the impact of the epidemic. In May, it was 5.9%, which has declined somewhat. It will further improve in June. In terms of age, the unemployment rate of the 25-59-year-old population is lower than the overall unemployment level, but the unemployment rate of the 16-24-year-old population has risen.
Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics and director of the National Economic Comprehensive Statistics Department, said that young people entering the labor market for the first time generally face frictional unemployment. conditions were also hindered. In addition, the total number of college graduates this year has reached a record high, which intensifies the employment pressure of young people. In June, the unemployment rate of urban youth aged 16-24 was 19.3%, the highest level this year.
The employment of urban and rural people in difficulty has increased steadily. At the end of June, the number of people lifted out of poverty was 32.23 million, a year-on-year increase of 1.6 million. In the first half of the year, 850,000 people with employment difficulties were employed, the scale of rural laborers going out to work remained basically stable, and 2.5 million unemployed people were reemployed.
From the perspective of job supply and demand, the market demand for jobs is greater than the number of job seekers. In the first half of the year, the recruitment ratio of public employment service agencies and market agencies was above 1. Among them, the recruitment rate of 100 urban public employment service agencies in the second quarter was 1.37.
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security stated that with the accelerated implementation of a package of policies and measures to stabilize the economy, the efficient coordination of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and efforts from all parties to focus on employment in the same direction, the employment situation is expected to continue to pick up. However, the current international situation is still complex and severe, the recovery of the domestic economy still faces challenges, the pressure on total employment still exists, and more efforts are still needed to stabilize employment and ensure employment.
Accelerate the release of dividends from the policy of reducing burdens and stabilizing jobs
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security proposes to actively promote unemployment insurance, stable job return and job retention subsidies, “free application and immediate enjoyment”, implement delayed payment of social insurance premiums, “apply and immediately enjoy”, and promote the employment subsidy policy of “direct subsidy and fast handling” to help enterprises relieve Difficulties are solved, and posts are stabilized and expanded.
A few days ago, the National Medical Insurance Administration, the National Development and Reform Commission and other four departments jointly issued the “Notice on Phased Delay in Payment of Employee Basic Medical Insurance Unit Payments”. Insured individual industrial and commercial households will defer payment of employee medical insurance units for 3 months, and no late payment fee will be charged during the deferral period.
At the State Council’s regular policy briefing held by the State Council Information Office, Li Zhong, deputy minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, introduced that before this, my country has issued three policies related to the phased deferral of enterprise pension, unemployment and work-related injuries. By expanding the scope of implementation of the policy, extending the implementation period, and increasing support for job stabilization, it will help ease the current financial pressure of enterprises and help them tide over temporary difficulties.
Li Zhong further pointed out that in view of the weak anti-risk ability of individual industrial and commercial households and flexible employees, and the current pressure on insurance payment, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has made it clear that all types of flexible employees who participate in the basic endowment insurance for enterprise employees as individuals, If it is difficult to pay endowment insurance premiums this year, you can voluntarily postpone the payment, and the unpaid monthly premiums can be paid before the end of next year. The payment period is calculated cumulatively, which will not affect future retirement benefits.
Strengthening the promotion of entrepreneurship and flexible employment
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security proposed to implement key group entrepreneurship promotion actions, in-depth implementation of entrepreneurship training, follow-up to provide financing support such as entrepreneurship guaranteed loans, and hold a series of activities such as the China Wing Contest to stimulate the entrepreneurial and innovative power of laborers. Improve flexible employment labor employment and social security policies, carry out pilot projects for occupational injury protection for those employed in new forms of employment, strengthen the construction of the odd-job market, and support the healthy development of flexible employment.
A few days ago, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and other five departments issued the “Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of the Gig Market and Improving Job Search and Recruitment Services”, which clarified that it will strengthen employment and entrepreneurship training services, and support gig workers to flexibly choose training time and training methods. Implement vocational training subsidies and living allowances during training. Strengthen the assistance services for difficult gig workers, strengthen employment assistance for older and difficult gig workers such as long working hours, low-income families, and disabilities, and give priority to organizing them to carry out “point-to-point” docking negotiations with suitable employers, and guide employers to give priority to recruiting difficulties. gig workers.
The role of the healthy development of the platform economy in promoting employment has always been valued. The symposium of experts and entrepreneurs on the economic situation on April 7 and the executive meeting of the State Council on April 27 this year both released a signal to promote the healthy and sustainable development of the platform economy and drive more employment.
Jin Tian, a senior researcher at the Digital Economy Research Institute of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, said in an interview with a Securities Times reporter that employment issues have become a prominent concern of the society since this year, and the platform economy has an obvious positive role in driving flexible employment, especially new employment in the digital economy. , to promote the more adequate and rational use of human resources in the whole society, and it is a relatively high-quality part of the “200 million flexible employment”.
Take multiple measures to increase employment support for unemployed graduates
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security proposed to comprehensively launch the service for unemployed graduates, implement universal contact and real-name services for unemployed graduates, provide paired assistance to difficult graduates, and provide “one person, one file” and “one policy for life” special services. Accelerate the recruitment progress of public institutions such as public institutions, do a good job in the recruitment of grassroots projects such as “three branches and one support”, promote the recruitment of millions of trainee positions, focus on the release of urban and rural grassroots positions, and do everything possible to expand the employment space of graduates.
Recently, policies to promote the employment of college graduates have appeared frequently, and various localities and departments have stepped up efforts to solve the employment problems of graduates. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs jointly issued the “Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Release of Urban and Rural Grass-roots Employment Posts for College Graduates”, which proposed to promote the release of a number of urban and rural grass-roots jobs suitable for college graduates to find employment. It is reported that national civil servants have already started to register for supplementary registration, and the number of supplementary registrations this year has increased significantly to 5,182.
In the “Notice on Carrying out the 2022 Unemployment Service for College Graduates”, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security requires that, in accordance with the requirements of the “10+N” public employment service special activities, successively hold hundreds of thousands of online recruitment, large and medium-sized enterprises City joint recruitment, golden autumn recruitment month, employment service week, special recruitment of central enterprises and other activities. Expand the scope of “packaged” for graduates’ employment and entrepreneurship, introduce policy packages such as grass-roots employment, enterprise absorption, self-employment, flexible employment, training and apprenticeships, etc., and promote the centralized implementation of policies such as tax incentives, entrepreneurship guaranteed loans, and capital subsidies. Speed up the recruitment of grass-roots service projects such as “three branches and one support”, arrange examination time reasonably, and conduct written test interviews as soon as possible. Quickly deploy the recruitment of kindergarten teachers in primary and secondary schools, and strive to complete it before August 1, and guide the areas severely affected by the epidemic to implement the phased policy of “first employment and then certification” for some teachers’ qualifications.