Shinan-gun Creates 'Island' Free from Human Rights Violations

Designating 1:1 Dedicated Officials for Salt Farm Worker Employment Sites

Strong Measures Including Business Suspension to Be Enforced Upon Discovery of Specially Managed Human Rights Violations

Scenic view of Sinan-gun government office Photo by Asia Economy

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, designates dedicated public officials on a 1:1 basis for 95 workplaces employing workers out of a total of 773 salt farms, systematically managing the workplaces and workers with regular inspections at least once a month to create an island free from human rights violations.

According to the county on the 17th, the two salt farms recently involved in controversy will be subject to business suspension, and in the future, any case of human rights violations detected once will result in a one-year business suspension; if repeated, the permit for the leased area will be revoked; and if detected three times, the entire permit area will be canceled. Strong penalties will be enforced to prevent human rights violations of salt farm workers in advance.

In particular, to ensure the human rights of affected workers, active support for housing, livelihood, and other needs will be provided when human rights violations are found within workplaces such as salt farms.

The Sinan Solar Salt Producers Association, composed of producers of solar salt, will hold a solar salt producers' conference on the 25th, featuring a special lecture by the county governor and a human rights expert to provide human rights education aimed at preventing worker human rights violations.

County Governor Park Woo-ryang stated, “Through this opportunity, we will designate dedicated public officials to ensure thorough management and enact human rights ordinances to establish strong penalties for perpetrators and support measures for victims, so that such incidents never recur.” He added, “We will actively strive to ensure that not a single worker suffers human rights violations.”

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