Expansion of Recognized Practical Experience for Youth... Introduction of AI Legal Information Search

Ministry of Government Legislation 2022 Work Plan
Including Easing Mandatory Training for Small Business Owners

Lee Kang-seop, Chief of the Legislation Office. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] Even if people enroll in school after employment, they will be able to have their practical work experience recognized before obtaining a degree. An artificial intelligence (AI)-based legal information search system will be established, making it easier for the public to access legal information.

The Ministry of Government Legislation announced its 2022 work plan, including these details, on the 29th.

Next year's key tasks are ▲ warm legal system reforms that embrace the lives of citizens such as youth and small business owners ▲ continuous promotion of citizen-centered administrative legislation innovation ▲ establishment of an intelligent legal information service platform.

The Ministry of Government Legislation first judged that the current system, which does not recognize work experience prior to obtaining a degree when acquiring a degree after employment, is unreasonable. For example, under the current system, a hypothetical person A who graduated from high school, worked in the firefighting field for four years, then entered a university in the science and technology field and graduated, and then tries to get a job as a technical manager at a fire prevention performance certification agency, cannot have their previous work experience recognized and must accumulate another four years of practical work experience. The core of this legal improvement is to recognize practical work experience before obtaining the final degree to prevent such situations.

The Ministry will also revise laws that burden small business owners and SMEs, such as reorganizing the 'mandatory operator training' set in advance and face-to-face by industry into post-training or allowing substitution with online training.

Starting next year and for five years, an AI-based legal information search system will be established so that the public can easily and comprehensively search and use legal information through everyday terms or sentences. The 'Legal Information Knowledge Base' will be opened for free to support the activation of related new industries.

Lee Kangseop, head of the Ministry of Government Legislation, stated, "We will do our best to provide legal services that allow citizens to feel the achievements of state affairs through legislative support that underpins complete daily recovery and economic recovery."

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