“There is a perception that Daegu is conservative and closed and that there are many places that do not pay even the minimum wage,” he said, emphasizing that changing the image of Daegu itself is most important.
The role of the government and local governments is
To alleviate this manpower shortage and cost burden, local companies also requested active support from the government and local governments.
The support policy with the highest response rate (62.8%) was ‘expansion of labor cost subsidy support.’
Since there are clear limits to the wages that small and medium-sized businesses can offer, they hope that the government or local governments will provide some support.
In addition, local companies also selected ‘policy to encourage youth to settle in the region’ (43.3%) and ‘support for improving the image of small and medium-sized businesses’ (39.4%) as important support measures.
Manager A mentioned the need for a wage support policy to improve local settlement conditions, saying that there used to be a project to subsidize wage differences, but it has decreased significantly in recent years.
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