The labor force participation rate of middle-aged and elderly people in Zhongshi is only 9%, which is lower than that of the whole country. Chen Yahui, a candidate for the city council of the Southeast District, called for the creation of employment opportunities for middle-aged and elderly people.

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[Reporter Su Jinfeng/Taichung Report] Taiwan's serious drop in birthrate is a national security issue, but it is difficult for middle-aged and elderly people to find employment; Chen Yahui, a candidate for city council of the Southeast District of Taichung City of the Democratic Progressive Party, pointed out that according to data, the labor force participation rate of middle-aged and elderly people in Taiwan is 9.18%, but the labor force participation rate in Taichung City is only 9%. It requires the city government to actively create employment opportunities suitable for middle-aged and elderly people, and improve the situation that middle-aged and elderly workers are discriminated against in the workplace.

According to the Bureau of Labor of Taichung City Government, according to the latest statistics from the General Accounting Office of the Executive Yuan, the unemployment rate in Taichung City was 3.6% in the first half of this year, the lowest among the six cities, and the labor force participation rate was 61.5%, the highest in the country.

Moreover, the unemployment rate of middle-aged and elderly people aged 45 to 65 is lower than that in the second half of last year. It is obvious that the city government is promoting the "Five Advice for Seniors' Employment" program, providing relevant workplace experience, training courses, corporate counseling programs and employment incentives and other measures to assist. Employment of elderly workers has shown results.

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Chen Yahui said that my country is about to enter a super-aged society in 2025. The labor market will be affected by the demographic changes of declining birthrate and aging population. In the future, the number of laborers between the ages of 25 and 44 will continue to decline, and the number of laborers over 45 will continue to rise. And the elderly will become the main force in the future labor market.

The survey report on the employment situation of enterprises released by the General Accounting Office also showed that the number of retired employees last year was 99,000, which was the first time in the past six years that it fell below 100,000.

According to the Taichung Civil Affairs Bureau, as of the end of September this year, there were 813,041 silver-haired people over the age of 55 in Taichung City, accounting for 28.9% of the city's population.

Among them, there are 24,270 people in the east area, 34,476 people in the south area, and 58,746 people in the southeast area, accounting for 29.3% of the total population of the southeast area.

It shows that the population aging situation in the southeast district is more serious than that in other districts.

Chen Yahui pointed out that the study found that the characteristics of middle-aged and elderly unemployment include longer unemployment period than other age groups, difficulty in re-employment, and easy to permanently withdraw from the labor market; male unemployment rate is higher than that of female, and unemployment period is longer than that of female; higher education level, The longer the period of unemployment, the shorter the period of unemployment, the shorter the period of unemployment. In addition, there is widespread discrimination against middle-aged and elderly workers in the workplace.

Chen Yahui pointed out that the city government should set up a special agency to handle employment discrimination, create a life-long learning environment for both employers and employees, encourage employers to hire middle-aged and elderly workers, and actively create employment opportunities suitable for middle-aged and elderly people.