Jang Yeon-ju, Gwangju City Council Member, Passes 'Serious Accident Corporate Punishment Act Urging Proposal' in Plenary Session
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] The "Resolution to Urge the Enactment of the Serious Accident Corporate Punishment Act for the Eradication of Industrial Accidents and a Safe Society," proposed by Jang Yeon-ju, a member of the Gwangju Metropolitan Council, passed the Gwangju City Council plenary session on the 19th.
The resolution proposed by Councilor Jang states that the continuous occurrence of serious accidents, including fatal accidents at industrial sites, is due to lenient punishments for business owners, and urges the 21st National Assembly and the government to promptly enact the "Serious Accident Corporate Punishment Act" to strengthen punishments for business owners, including primary contractors.
In 2019, the official number of industrial accident fatalities in South Korea was 2,020, averaging six deaths per day, and over the past 20 years, more than 40,000 workers have died from industrial accidents.
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The resolution calls on the National Assembly and the government to promptly enact the Serious Accident Corporate Punishment Act to remove South Korea's stigma as the number one country in industrial accidents among OECD nations.
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