Handonghun "Differences Between Workplaces Must Be Considered When Applying the Serious Accident Punishment Act"
Han Dong-hoon, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party, requested the Democratic Party to postpone the application of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act to workplaces with fewer than 50 employees for two years. This is due to the need to consider the gap between large corporations and small-scale workplaces.
At the Emergency Response Committee meeting held on the morning of the 25th at the central party office in Yeouido, Seoul, Chairman Han said, "Applying the Serious Accidents Punishment Act uniformly to small-scale workplaces without efforts to bridge the gap means politics is failing to fulfill its role."
He added, "I empathize more than anyone with the need to prevent damage caused by serious accidents," but emphasized that "applying the Serious Accidents Punishment Act equally to workplaces with fewer than 50 employees as to large corporations would cause serious harm to small business owners and the working-class people employed there," stressing the need to consider the gap between the two."
Han Dong-hoon, Emergency Response Committee Chairman, Speaking
(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Jun-hee = Han Dong-hoon, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party, is speaking at the Emergency Response Committee meeting held at the Yeouido party headquarters on the 25th. 2024.1.25
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Chairman Han added, "I believe that applying the law uniformly to small-scale workplaces without considering the gap, without efforts to bridge or supplement it, means politics is failing to fulfill its role."
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Meanwhile, the amendment to the Serious Accidents Punishment Act, which postpones the expanded application to small-scale workplaces with fewer than 50 employees, has not reached an agreement due to differences between the ruling and opposition parties. If the amendment is not passed at the plenary session this afternoon, it will be fully enforced starting the day after tomorrow (the 27th).
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