Yeungnam University of Science and Technology offers labor counseling for unemployed youth

Yeungnam University of Science and Technology provided tailored labor counseling services to help unemployed young people in the region protect their workplace rights and resolve work-related grievances.

The university held a mobile labor counseling session Monday at the Cheonma Square AI interview room on campus, offering one-on-one consultations to local youth who have prior work experience but are currently unemployed. The session was part of the "Mobile Labor Service Support — Mobile Youth Counseling Center" initiative.

The program is part of the Ministry of Employment and Labor's First Step Job Guarantee Center project and was designed to provide professional guidance and rights-protection information on issues young workers may encounter on the job — including unpaid wages, minimum wage violations, workplace harassment, unfair dismissal and pressure to resign.

Current jobseekers were also able to seek advice on labor disputes they experienced at previous workplaces, with the aim of finding practical solutions.

Seong Geum-gil, director of the university's College Job Plus Center, said supporting youth employment means more than helping people find work. "It also means helping them understand their rights and prepare for a healthy working life," Seong said. "We will continue to run tailored employment support programs that provide real, practical help to young people in the region."