Employment Plans for Persons with Disabilities Reduced from Twice to Once a Year... Administrative Investigations Abolished and Integration Simplified

Government Integrates and Abolishes 77 Unnecessary Administrative Investigations

The procedure requiring businesses with 300 or more employees to submit elderly employment status reports by the end of January each year will be simplified. Employers obligated to hire persons with disabilities will be required to submit employment plans once a year instead of twice. The overlapping inspections conducted by the local offices of the Korea Coast Guard and the headquarters during lifeguard training institution inspections will be abolished.

The Office for Government Policy Coordination announced on the 3rd that it prepared the "Administrative Investigation Improvement Plan" containing these measures and submitted it to the Regulatory Reform Committee on the 28th for approval.

The main focus is the abolition or integration of 26 administrative investigations that were conducted redundantly or lacked effectiveness. Administrative investigations that were difficult to abolish or integrate were converted into joint investigations. The obsolete investigation authority held by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy over intelligent robot investment companies and investigations related to contract departments were abolished.

The frequency of administrative investigations on companies has been eased, investigation cycles extended, and non-face-to-face methods expanded to enhance the convenience of investigation subjects. Businesses with 300 or more employees were required to submit elderly employment and retirement status annually, but the Korea Coast Guard’s document review was abolished to prevent duplicate investigations. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport collects data every five years to establish the basic public transportation plan. However, since this data is similar to the annual public transportation status survey, it will be integrated and utilized.

Guidelines will also be established for administrative investigations sporadically conducted by local governments to improve consistency and uniformity.

Additionally, if there are no regulations regarding the grounds or specific methods for conducting administrative investigations, these will be clearly stipulated in laws and regulations. Sanctions for refusal of administrative investigations will be changed from administrative penalties to administrative order fines, reducing the burden on investigation subjects.

An official from the Office for Government Policy Coordination stated, “The government will promptly implement legal and administrative measures regarding administrative investigation improvement tasks, monitor their implementation, and continue to reform unreasonable administrative investigations in the future to reduce the burden on citizens and businesses caused by administrative investigations.”

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