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“The late Representative Roh Hoe-chan proposed the ‘Severe Accidents Corporate Punishment Act’ in 2014 to punish business owners for failing to comply with the obligation to prevent risks. However, it was automatically abolished because the Democratic Party and the Uri Party could not properly handle it. I sincerely apologize for this occasion. “(Ji Sang-wook, Director of the Yeouido Research Institute)
The force of the people promised to stand up to the Justice Party’s punishment law for serious disaster companies. It takes place at the ‘policy conference for the prevention and prevention of major disasters’ organized by the Yeouido Research Institute, a group of tenth experts. On this day, not only the leadership of the people’s force, but also the head of the Justice Party, who initiated the Law of Corporate Punishment for Severe Accidents as Party # 1, received attention for attendance. The director of the Yeouido Research Institute, Sang-wook Ji, who organized the meeting, first apologized for not complying with the corresponding bill. Director Sang-wook Ji said, “If the community we live in is created at someone’s expense, we must firmly reject it, leaving behind ideology and faction.”
Kim Jong-in, chairman of the emergency countermeasures committee, said: “Several accidents have occurred at the industrial site, which has caused a serious social problem. “I am very fortunate that the Yeouido Research Institute has such a meeting,” he said. “I believe that all political parties should work together to make an effort to prevent accidents from happening in our social and industrial fields in advance. “I hope that the Democratic Party, the People’s Power and the Justice Party, which are in the National Assembly, all together will make a forum to discuss ways to face the accidents that can occur in the industrial field.”
President Kim Bidae said: “Last year 855 people and 470 people lost their lives in industrial accidents in the first half of June this year.” “Companies must prioritize creating a safe work environment through education and supervision with the idea that safety is justice.” It is necessary to bear in mind that the security of the province is directly related to life itself and to protect itself even more ”. He said: “The economic recession caused by the prolonged Corona 19 will lead to a worsening of employment and workers will be very uncomfortable. The force of the people will strive to propose policy measures that can protect the safety of workers and actively protect them. “
Ho-young Joo, who took the first word and said, “My heart aches,” emphasized: “It is very meaningful to have the opportunity to hear stories on this topic at the Yeouido Research Institute, and the power of the people is a active will to solve this problem. ” He said: “I was very aware of the problem because I dealt with many cases of industrial accidents (as a judge), and when I was working in the Environmental Work Committee, I defended that problem, but I felt a lot of regret for not being able to connect the legislation.” “America has a punitive compensation system, so if you don’t take safety measures and have to pay tremendous compensation in the event of an accident, employers or subcontractors are careful, but we don’t often do it based on the amount of damages and the cost required for the prevention of industrial accidents ”. They sympathized with the need to improve the system.
However, the three members of the village force did not make a clear statement that they would deal with the Law on Sanction of Companies with Serious Accidents. Even in the title of the conference, it was mentioned as “prevention and prevention of serious disasters” but did not focus on corporate punishment. There is no official position on whether the Justice Party will handle the party opinion-initiated bill together or prepare a separate bill. Joo Nae-ho has announced to the press that she will discuss it in the standing committee. Just as the Third Fair Economy Law, which was approved by President Kim Bidae, faced opposition from party legislators, there are still concerns that the Law on the punishment of companies with serious accidents could result.
The representative of the Justice Party, Kang Eun-mi, who proposed the Law of Corporate Punishment for Severe Accidents in June, said: “I hope that today’s discussion does not end in discussion, and this will be an opportunity to pass the Law of Corporate Punishment for Severe Accidents so that workers do not die and work safely. Representative Won-nae Kang said: “When looking at industrial accidents in the past five years, 80% of workplaces with less than 50 workers accounted for 60% of the number of victims. There were 2,000 deaths per year and 7 deaths per day. On the other hand, the top 10 construction and manufacturing industries received reductions in industrial accident insurance premiums from 1 billion to 28 billion won per year. “
Representative Won-nae Kang said: “Workers are dying from overwork, falls, traps, falls and tears. Only terminal security managers are punished, and fines do not exceed 5 million won on average. It is difficult to punish a manager who has the authority to invest in the security budget. “Most of the major accidents today are not the individual negligence of a specific worker, but the work environment that threatens safety and the absence of a management system in the company.” As the social conscience that considers a disaster as a mistake or an accident works, it is necessary to clarify that ‘a serious disaster is not an accident due to personal error’ through laws and institutions.
Workers who attended the conference expressed their seriousness, saying “Thank you” and “I am delighted to have such a place.” Choi Myung-seon, head of the Situation Division, Headquarters for the enactment of the Corporate Punishment Law for Severe Accidents, analyzed, “The characteristic of industrial accident death in Korea is not a highly technical problem, but an ‘accident conventional'”. “Among companies, there are middle managers and executives who really want to do well with a sense of mission. However, in a climate in which a company violates the law, the competitiveness of the company decreases and executives cannot do business, he emphasized, “you must change to a climate as competitive as a company that wants to invest in security”.
Kilsoo Yuk, director of the Korean Federation of Trade Unions, pointed to the issue of △ manipulating industrial accident death statistics to inflate achievements, △ lack of cooperation between ministries and selfishness △ by focusing on construction worker accidents. In particular, regarding the Icheon logistics warehouse fire in which 38 people died in April, “Please, President, listen to the grieving family. Didn’t you say ‘people first’? ”, He appealed. He said, “In 2018, when a worker, Kim Yong-gyun, died, the president met with the grieving family, and within a month, the ‘Kim Yong-gyun Law’ was passed. When Minsik Kim died in 2019, the ‘Minsik Legislation’ was passed in less than a month after seeing the (survivor’s) face in a week. After asking, “How is the Icheon Fire accident this year?”, He noted that “it has been more than 6 months since the accident, but the punishment law for serious disaster companies is not being discussed.”
Law on Corporate Punishment for Severe Accidents, the only proposal of the Justice Party … Hesitant Democrat
As of now, the Justice Party is the only one proposed by the XXI National Assembly. It is the content for which it is responsible if a company fails to comply with its obligation to prevent the risk of the facilities that are used by a large number of unspecified people, or if a personal accident occurs due to failure to comply with the obligation to take measures for the management of safety and health and hygiene in the handling of raw materials or dangerous products. It included criminal liability for business owners, managers, and the company itself, criminal liability for public officials with supervisory or licensing rights, and liability for punitive damages for companies. In order to prevent subcontractors from being disconnected, business owners and managers who carried out leases, services and contracts also had to assume the obligation to prevent damages and risks.
The position of the Democratic Party in favor of the bill is ambiguous. Earlier, the leader of the Democratic Party, Nak-yeon Lee, emphasized the need for the Law of Punishment for Companies with Serious Accidents in a speech by the negotiating organization in September, but the implementation of the legislation was delayed. Recently, it is known that you have established a policy to review the existing Occupational Health and Safety Act, which is a special law called the Serious Accident Act. In fact, the representative of the Democratic Party, Chang Cheol-min, is preparing a revised bill, and Jang himself has revealed to the media that it will be the party’s main bill. There is an interpretation that the Severe Disaster Law was not affected by opposition from the economy.
Criticism is also emerging within the Democratic Party. On the 6th, the Supreme Commissioner of the Democratic Party, Park Hong-bae, said at the meeting of the Supreme Committee of the Party: “The workers and the people believe that the Uri Party will enact the Law of Sanctions for Businesses in Serious Accidents. “It’s because we made that promise,” he said. “Now the National Assembly must respond. The Uri Party should be standing in front of him. “At the time, Supreme Commissioner Park mentioned the construction workers who died in a fire at the Icheon logistics warehouse, to Lee Min-ho, the late Lee, who died during on-site training, and to Yong-gyun Kim, who died in a furnace at the Taean Thermal Power Plant. I even read the lyrics to the song ‘Don’t use that iron’, a commemorative song of Mr. Kim .
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