Ministry of Health and Welfare and Affiliates Fail to Meet Mandatory Disability Employment Rate... Penalty Payments Reach 2.71 Billion Won

The Ministry of Health and Welfare and its affiliated organizations have failed to comply with the mandatory employment rate for people with disabilities.

According to data received by Assemblywoman Kim Youngjoo of the Democratic Party of Korea, a member of the National Assembly's Health and Welfare Committee, from the Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the total amount of penalty payments reported due to non-compliance with the mandatory employment rate for people with disabilities by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and its affiliated organizations over the past five years (2018-2022) reached 2.713 billion won.

Based on the total amount of reported penalty payments, the Ministry of Health and Welfare ranked first, paying 449 million won. It was followed by the National Medical Center (435 million won), Korean Red Cross (422 million won), Korean National Tuberculosis Association (338 million won), and Planned Population Federation of Korea (273 million won).

In addition, last year, half of the 27 organizations under the Ministry of Health and Welfare failed to meet the mandatory employment rate for people with disabilities. These organizations include the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Korea Health Industry Development Institute, Korea Health Promotion Institute, Korean Red Cross, National Medical Center, National Institute for Korean Medicine Development, Korean National Tuberculosis Association, Korea Childcare Promotion Institute, National Center for the Rights of the Child, Community Chest of Korea, Planned Population Federation of Korea, Food Safety Information Service, and Korea Institute of Drug Safety & Risk Management.

Notably, four institutions have failed to comply with the mandatory employment system for people with disabilities for five consecutive years: the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korean National Tuberculosis Association, Community Chest of Korea, and Planned Population Federation of Korea.

Assemblywoman Kim Youngjoo stated, "The mandatory employment system for people with disabilities is the minimum measure to ensure that people with disabilities can live as members of our society," adding, "The Ministry of Health and Welfare, which is responsible for disability welfare policy, and its affiliated organizations must stop choosing to pay penalties instead of hiring people with disabilities."

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