Overview of Incentive Programs for Reentering Voluntary Returnees

Overview of Incentive Programs for Reentering Voluntary Returnees

1. Overview of the program

ㅇ (Inauguration of the Special EPS-TOPIK) Conducting the Special

EPS-TOPIK, an additional test available only to voluntary

returnees at least once a quarter, to reduce their waiting period.

* Use Computer-based testing centers to hold the additional test on a

regular basis

* Qualifications : the test only applies to re-employed foreign workers who

voluntarily returned home within their lawful employment period

(Applicable to departures after Jan. 1, 2010).

ㅇ (Shortening the reentry period) Separating reentering workers from

the newcomers and prioritizing their roster and its verification to

shorten the delays in the job registration.

ㅇ (Permission to ask for former employees) Employers are allowed

to put a request for their former employees who had previously

worked for them for more than a year in an effort to give

opportunities for the employees to make continuous use of their

acquired skills.

ㅇ (Exemption from preliminary job training) Those requested

workers will be given an exemption from preliminary job training,

where they are given basic Korean classes, for the purpose of

reducing time delays for reentering and their financial burden.

2. Detail plans for special EPS-TOPIK (Overview)

□ Candidate Countries for the Trial Test.

○ Trial tests will be held within this year in Thailand and Vietnam,

the countries with a large number of re-hired returning workers

and a computer-based testing center. The candidate countries for

the additional EPS-TOPIK will be further expanded to other

sending countries after reviewing the outcome of the trial tests.

□ Schedules for Conducting the Special EPS-TOPIK

○ Name of the Test : Special EPS-TOPIK for Re-hired Workers.

○ Qualifications for the Test :

- Re-employed foreign workers who voluntarily returned home

within their employment period granted by the Ministry of

Employment and Labor.

* Only the workers who left Korea (applicable to departures after Jan. 1,

2010) within their lawful employment period are eligible for the trial test.

- Age Requirement : Ages between 18 and 39 (on the closing

day of registration)

○ Announcement : Newspaper announcements and postings on the

official website of the sending agency in November.

○ Receiving Applications : Verify qualifications for each applicant

and manage re-hired workers separately from the newcomers

- (Applicants) Provide information on their voluntary return

- (Sending agency on registration) Check the eligibility of each

applicant on the EPS English website and input the information

on the website (epstopik.hrdkorea.or.kr).

* A computer program which enables re-hired workers to check their

eligibility for the test in advance on the Internet is currently under

development, and the information will also be available to the sending

agency.

3. Expected Outcomes from the Proposed Incentive Programs

ㅇ Alleviate concerns or worries of the workers regarding reentering

and dramatically reduce the delays during the re-entering process.

ㅇ Meet the demand of the industries for the skilled foreign workforce.

⇒ Enhancing job commitment and encouraging voluntary returnvv

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ayos! yari pa din pala ang pinas pag nakasama nxt year, kc dami na over age na mag pi finish nxt year eh... kaya cgurado tnt pa din ang bagsak!

hindi nabangit kung mag intay pa din ba ng 6months once na makapasa?

tama sabi ni kabayan LARZ , d2 na lang sa amin nxt year 8 katao finish contract na 6 sa kanila lagpas 39 na,sana ma revise pa yon batas kaya nga RE HIRED na ,well experienced at gusto ng employer pabalikin.sa taga POLO,kay Miss gennie Kim at bumobuo ng sulyapinoy sana makarating sa HRD KOREA ang puntong eto. SALAMAT PO.

nadale mo kabayang daang hari! ako dalawa kasama ko ang mag pi finish nxt year parehong overage na, at parehong magba2kasyon ngayong dec. kasi mag t tnt cla sa nxt year pag nag end n ung contract nila sa mayo... hehehe.. go...go..go.... tnt!

reycute21 wrote:hindi nabangit kung mag intay pa din ba ng 6months once na makapasa?

6 months pa din waiting period pero pinadali lang yung proseso at di na tulad noon na balik sa umpisa katulad ng new applicant....sana nga lang mag karon na ng computer base testing center sa Pinas..