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He announced the position of the economy before the enactment of the Law of Sanction to Companies with Serious DisasterOn the 6th, ten economic organizations, including the Korean Employers’ Federation and the Small and Medium Business Administration, expressed their regret over the agreement to enact the Serious Accident Business Sanctions Act (hereinafter the Serious Accident Act ) by the opposition parties and urged them to supplement the rules of punishment.
These groups issued a joint statement titled ‘The Last City in the Business World on Enacting the Severe Disaster Act’ at the Yeouido Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises on that day. We express our deep concern and regret for the agreement ”.
They said: “In the past year, companies are becoming increasingly concerned about the enactment of the Major Disaster Law in a situation where it is difficult for companies to deal with business difficulties due to the new coronavirus infection pandemic ( Corona 19) (a global pandemic) “. “Please reflect on three things.”
First, they argued that the lower prison limit for employers in current legislation should be changed to the upper limit. The ruling and opposition parties agreed to imprisonment for more than a year or a fine of no more than 1 billion won to the manager in case of a fatal accident in the subcommittee on laws of the Judicial Commission of the National Assembly.
Economic organizations pointed out that “considering that the Serious Disasters Law is a law on negligent offenders, it is a legal contradiction to punish entrepreneurs who are indirect administrators more than those who have a direct connection.”
Regarding this, Kim Sang-soo, director of the Korea Construction Association, said: “There are 120,000 domestic and foreign construction sites, and how can the CEO (Executive Director) at the headquarters deal with the situation of the site? “Do not focus only on corporate punishment, but on industrial security policies like advanced countries.” We have to change.
The second required that the criteria for sanctioning employers for serious disasters be limited at least to the case of “repetitive deaths”.
In the case of general industrial accidents, even if the current Occupational Health and Safety Law applies, it is necessary to bear in mind that the level of sanction is already higher than in other advanced countries abroad.
Suddenly Severe Disaster Punishment Law … Will Third Party Meeting Be Held? (CG)Finally, they specifically specified the obligations that the employer must fulfill and ordered to be exempt from compensation in the fulfillment of these obligations.
The central midterm president, Kim Ki-moon, emphasized: “I believe that the Severe Disaster Law is a law that imposes the heaviest burden on companies among the laws that emerged while I was president.” did.
Kim Im-yong, president of the Federation of Small Entrepreneurs, also said, “Small entrepreneurs are not prepared for any environment or condition,” he said. “Small entrepreneurs need to have a deeper consideration, as they have to close their doors when they are punished.”
“We shouldn’t think that disasters are heartbreaking,” said Son Kyung-sik, director of the Korean Business Association, saying, “Do we have to make efforts to reduce disasters first?”
On this day, the Korean Federation of Entrepreneurs Association, the Korean Chamber of Commerce, the Korea International Trade Association, the National Federation of Businessmen, the Federation of Korean Medium Enterprises, the Korean Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises, the Korea Construction Association, the Korea Professional Construction Association, the Korean Women Entrepreneurs Association and the Small Business Owners Association joined.
The ruling and opposition parties are scheduled to hold a plenary session of the National Assembly on the 8th and begin addressing the Severe Disaster Law.
[표] Level of punishment of employers in fatal accidents for violation of national safety and health measures┌───────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ Country │ Penalty level │
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│ Korea │ Imprisonment for no more than 7 years or a fine of no more than 100 million won (for corporations no more than 1 billion) │
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│ Japan │ Imprisonment for up to 6 months or a fine of up to 500,000 yen (5.5 million won) │
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│ United States │ Imprisonment for less than 6 months or a fine of less than $ 10,000 (12 million won) │
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│ Germany │ Prison or fine of up to one year │
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│ United Kingdom │ imprisonment of up to 2 years or fine with no upper limit │
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│ Singapore │ Vault for less than 2 years or less than 200,000 Singapore dollars (170 million won) │
│ │ Good │
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│ France │ Imprisonment of no more than 1 year or a fine of 9,000 euros (11.7 million won) │
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│ Canada │ Imprisonment for not more than 1 year or C $ 100,000 (87 million won) │
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(Provided by the National Federation of Medium Term)
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