| 2.41 Second, we will retrain workers
to equip them with relevant skills, and re-design jobs
where possible to ensure that our workers can take on
these jobs. I have previously announced the Re-Employment
Assistance Programme (or REAP). REAP will help less-skilled
job seekers transit successfully into new jobs and avoid
falling into long-term unemployment. Our vulnerable
workers will benefit from REAP’s two components:
first, a nation-wide effort to re-design jobs, combined
with training to help workers take up the re-designed
jobs; and second, a financial support scheme to encourage
job seekers to take up and stay in new jobs. REAP targets
to assist at least 15,000 job seekers within a two-year
period.
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