The gig market is an important carrier for providing employment services for flexible employment personnel and employment entities. It plays an important role in improving the employment service system, optimizing the allocation of human resources, and expanding employment channels. At present, my country has 200 million people in flexible employment.

In order to support multi-channel flexible employment, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security recently issued the “Notice on Strengthening the Standardization of the Gig Job Market” (hereinafter referred to as the “Notice”), which clearly focuses on service functions, construction layout, operation models, service capabilities, etc. , Strengthen the standardized construction of the gig market in an all-round way. It is currently the “Gold, Three, Silver and Four” recruitment season, and gig markets across various regions are ushering in a new wave of recruitment.

The gig market provides workers with flexible and diverse employment opportunities

The gig market is not only a gathering place for flexible employment people from all walks of life, but also a distribution center for temporary labor and short-term labor needs, which can quickly match supply and demand.

In Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a special car carrying more than 80 job seekers departed from Anshan Station of the Kundulun District Gig Market. After arriving at the company, the relevant person in charge of the company guided the job seekers to visit the production site to understand the operation mode and become familiar with the work. environment. After further communication and understanding, half of the people on site agreed to find employment.

Small odd jobs are related to people's livelihood. In recent years, with the continuous development of new business forms, new models, and new industries, new forms of employment and labor relations have also emerged, and a large number of positions with free time and high flexibility have continued to emerge.

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said that the gig market plays a unique role in broadening employment channels and securing the bottom line of people's livelihood. It can help efficient matching between supply and demand, fast interviews, and instant employment, stimulate the vitality of the human resources market, and play a vital role in promoting labor Employment and income growth have played an important role.

The gig market is included in the construction of the employment public service system

The “Notice” points out that all localities should incorporate the gig market into the construction of employment public service systems, and implement overall planning and coordinated advancement. On January 10, the first gig market in the central urban area of ​​Zhoukou, Henan Province was unveiled. The relevant person in charge said that it is necessary to further improve the quality and efficiency of services, closely integrate the needs of flexible employment personnel and employment entities, provide relevant services in a targeted manner, and provide more convenient services for employers and job seekers.

Last year, the Shanxi Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security and the Department of Finance jointly issued a plan, requiring that each county build at least one “government-owned, public welfare service” gig market based on the actual construction of public employment service agencies in all counties in the province to provide local gig workers with public welfare, Regular docking services.

In addition to the offline gig market, workers in many places can also quickly find suitable work tasks through online platforms, achieving cross-regional and cross-industry employment. This free flow of labor helps optimize resource allocation and improve economic efficiency.

“After solving the problem of ‘is there any’, the next step is to solve the problem of ‘is it good’ to build a gig market?” said the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. “According to the notice, all localities must improve and improve the real-time quick recruitment service.” The core, basic services of the gig market supported by skills improvement and rights protection services provide convenient conditions for flexible employment personnel.

Improve service efficiency and standardize the construction layout of the gig market

At the end of 2023, the gig market in Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province completed a new round of renovation and is now put into use. According to the person in charge, in order to meet the characteristics of high density of surrounding residents and large number of takeout orders, the renovated gig market has functional areas such as a recruitment hall, skills training area, e-commerce live broadcast area, and rest area for delivery workers. It has 10 staff members on a daily basis to provide services such as recruitment, training, employment assistance, entrepreneurial guidance, and labor rights protection.

Recently, the “Yu Xiaoling” gig station was built in Banqiao Street, Yuhuatai District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, giving full play to the role of information promotion and becoming a “resting place” for job seekers to register for jobs, exchange experiences, and negotiate.

Digital empowerment has smoothed rights protection channels, and WeChat mini programs have launched functions such as “Reflection of Wage Arrears Clues” to dynamically supervise salary payment, salary deposit deposits, etc…. Various localities use digital tools and technologies to protect the development of the gig economy.

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said that the next step will be to promptly summarize the typical local experience in strengthening the standardized construction of the gig market and establish a number of benchmarks for standardizing the gig market. At the same time, we rely on the gig market to strengthen service functions, organize employment service activities, and gradually establish service standards for the gig market.

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