Gwangju Gyeongchong Holds Briefing Session on Labor Policy Issues

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The Gwangju Employers' Association announced on the 14th that it held a recent labor policy briefing session on the 13th at the Korea Industrial Complex Corporation's medium conference room, attended by more than 30 HR and labor managers from member companies.

At the briefing, the first lecturer, Manager Lim Dong-hak (Gwangju Regional Employment and Labor Office, Labor-Management Win-Win Support Division), provided an explanation of recent labor policy issues and labor management measures. Team Leader Ahn Kyung-geun (Metropolitan Serious Accident Management Division) explained workplace preparations for the Serious Accident Punishment Act and trends of serious accidents in the jurisdiction.

In particular, this briefing received great responses for covering the differences between the Serious Accident Punishment Act (hereinafter, SAPA) and the Industrial Safety and Health Act (hereinafter, ISHA), methods for setting workplace management policies, trends of serious accidents in the jurisdiction, the seven major labor policy national tasks, and legal amendments related to workplace harassment.

One attendee said, "Until now, the obligations, protected subjects, and scope of application regarding similar provisions of SAPA and ISHA were ambiguous," adding, "This briefing was a meaningful time to understand SAPA and ISHA and to prepare within the company."

Yoon Young-hyun, Executive Vice President of Gwangju Employers' Association, said, "We organized this event to review the main contents of labor laws applied from this year and the directions of various labor policy issues currently under discussion," and added, "We will continue to regularly inform member companies of government employment and labor policies to help workplaces."

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