Representative Song Gap-seok's Proposed 'Gwangju Model Job Act' Passes National Assembly Plenary Session
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Shin Dong-ho] The "Gwangju-type Job Act (Partial Amendment to the Special Act on National Balanced Development)", which was sponsored by Song Gap-seok, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea (Gwangju Seo-gu Gap), was finally passed at the National Assembly plenary session on the 9th.
The Gwangju-type Job Act provides the legal basis for the government to invest or contribute to participating companies, institutions, and organizations to support win-win regional jobs, including the Gwangju-type jobs. It also mandates the disclosure of the list of members and minutes of the "Win-win Regional Job Deliberation Committee" to enhance fairness and transparency in deliberation and resolution.
Rep. Song said, "The Gwangju-type Job Act establishes the legal grounds for government support of labor-management win-win regional jobs, opening a decisive path to revitalize the regional economy. We will carefully monitor the future implementation process to ensure the stable establishment and expansion of the Gwangju-type job model."
Meanwhile, the "Hydrogen Economy Safety Management Act (Act on the Promotion of the Hydrogen Economy and Safety Management of Hydrogen)," also sponsored by Rep. Song, passed the plenary session on the same day.
This law is evaluated as having legislative completeness by systematically fostering hydrogen production, charging, storage, and the hydrogen industry, and integrating safety management matters that were scattered across existing gas laws to ensure systematic safety management.
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The Gwangju-type Job Act and the Hydrogen Economy Safety Management Act were selected as key bills for "economic vitality" and "new industry promotion" among 19 livelihood legislative tasks announced by the Democratic Party of Korea's Livelihood Legislation Promotion Group in July last year.
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