Jeonnam National University Hospital Fails to Meet Mandatory Disability Employment Rate Last Year... Pays Nearly 1 Billion Won in Penalty Fees

Jeonnam National University Hospital exterior view.

It has been revealed that Jeonnam National University Hospital failed to meet the mandatory employment rate for people with disabilities last year and paid nearly 1 billion won in penalty fees.

According to statistics from the Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities released by Assemblywoman Seo Mihwa (Proportional Representation) of the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee on the 18th, Jeonnam National University Hospital paid 991 million won in disability employment penalty fees last year.

The mandatory employment rate for people with disabilities is a system under the Act on the Employment Promotion and Vocational Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities that requires employers above a certain size-including the government, local governments, public institutions, and private companies-to employ people with disabilities at or above a specified ratio. If workplaces with such obligations, such as public institutions, fail to meet the mandatory employment rate (3.8%), they must pay a penalty fee.

Jeonnam National University Hospital employed only 132 people with disabilities, accounting for 2.62% of its total 5,041 regular employees.

Based on the amount of penalty fees paid, Jeonnam National University Hospital ranked fourth nationwide, following Seoul National University Hospital, the Agency for Defense Development, and Korea Electric Power Corporation.

Assemblywoman Seo Mihwa stated, "Simply paying the penalty fee and avoiding the obligation cannot be expected to meaningfully expand employment for people with disabilities," adding, "It is necessary to revise the system, such as raising the basic penalty amount."

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