515 Institutions and Companies Failing to Employ Disabled Persons... 86 Have Done So for 10 Years

Ulleung, Jeungpyeong County, Defense Technology Quality Institute, etc.
Green Cross, Yonsei University, etc. for 10 Consecutive Years

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The list of 515 institutions and companies that did not make even the minimum effort to employ people with disabilities was released on the 17th.

The Ministry of Employment and Labor disclosed the names of 2 national and local governments, 28 public institutions, and 485 private companies that received warnings for failing to meet the employment rate standards for people with disabilities and did not conduct new hiring or recruitment. According to the Act on the Promotion of Employment for Disabled Persons, the Ministry annually publishes the list of institutions that fail to fulfill their employment obligations among public institutions with 50 or more employees and private companies with 300 or more employees.

Among national and local governments, Ulleung-gun in Gyeongbuk and Jeungpyeong-gun in Chungbuk were listed. Among the 28 public institutions, the Defense Agency for Technology and Quality and the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute were included for the seventh consecutive year. Looking at the 485 private companies by size, there are 229 companies with 300-499 employees, 172 companies with 500-999 employees, and 84 companies with 1,000 or more employees.

Notably, 86 entities, including Green Cross, Yonsei University Foundation, and Dongguk University Foundation, were found to have failed to fulfill their employment obligations for people with disabilities for 10 consecutive years.

Among large business groups, eight companies including GS Entec, Jai Energy Operations Co., Kyobo Securities, Asiana IDT, Mirae Asset Life Insurance, Mirae Asset Consulting, Kolon Benit, and Hanjin Information Systems were dishonored for three consecutive years.

The criteria for public disclosure of non-compliance with employment obligations for people with disabilities are as follows: for public institutions, if the ratio of employees with disabilities is below 2.72% (80% of the mandatory employment rate) of all employees; for private companies, if the employment rate of people with disabilities is below 1.55% (50% of the mandatory employment rate). However, if an institution or company receives notification of inclusion on the list and makes efforts such as recruiting workers with disabilities, it can be removed from the list.

Hwang Bo-guk, Director of the Integrated Employment Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Employment and Labor, said, "Starting next year, we plan to provide incentives to small companies that newly hire workers with disabilities," and added, "We ask institutions and companies to share the social responsibility of employing people with disabilities."

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