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| ▲ In addition, Democratic Party lawmaker Park Joo-min speaks at a press conference calling for the proposal and enactment of the Law on Corporate Punishment for Severe Accidents held in the Communications Hall of the National Assembly on the 11th. | |
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Debates within the National Assembly are escalating as the Justice Party and the Democratic Party have drafted the Serious Accident Punishment Law, which strengthens corporate and government accountability for industrial safety. As it is a bill that has been defeated one after another by the XIX and XX National Assembly, the social demand that the XXI National Assembly should attend to it is also growing.
On the 11th, Democratic Party lawmaker Park Joo-min (Seoul Eunpyeong-gap) held a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Center and announced the proposed bill. Not just Park, but also 10 members of the Party’s Respect Labor Practices Promotion Team and the National Assembly Life Safety Forum (Representative Won-sik Woo), as well as officials from the Korean Union. As such, it was a place to emphasize the importance of corporate punishment law for severe disasters and the need for it to be quickly enacted.
Representative Woo Won-sik said: “The Serious Accidents Act is the first law of the Democratic Party’s Respect Labor Practices Promotion Group and the first bill of the National Assembly Human Security Forum.” Said. “Although law enforcement alone cannot prevent all major disasters, we hope it will firmly establish the natural fact that life and safety are paramount.” We will do everything possible to pass the law. “
Kim Dong-myeong, President of the Korean Federation of Trade Unions, said: “The killing of 38 subcontractors in the Icheon fire disaster in late April is proof that the (existing) Occupational Safety and Health Law is not working. correctly”. I did, “he said. In addition, he said,” a similar bill was proposed in the 19th and 20th National Assembly, but it has not crossed the threshold of the National Assembly. “
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Representative Park Ju-min’s proposal is the same as that of Justice Party legislator Eun-mi Kang that when a serious disaster occurs, such as the death of a worker at an industrial site, the corporation , the business owner, the administration manager, as well as public officials are criminally punished and punitive damages are liable. However, Congressman Park Ju-min divided the law enforcement process by dividing serious accidents into serious industrial accidents and serious civil accidents, and the level of punishment is slightly different. Additionally, there was a grace period to apply the law to workplaces with fewer than 50 employees.
Representative Park Joo-min said, “There were disagreements between the two unions on some issues, and there were disagreements between civic groups,” he said. “The suspension of workplaces with fewer than 50 employees was one of the problems.” He explained: “It is difficult for a very small company to have security officers, etc.,” he said. “The government gave me a lot to say that the provision of a support and subsidy system must be done at the same time, so the system was suspended for a certain time.” did. The ‘Civil Social Protection Network’ and the ‘Headquarters of the Movement for the Promulgation of the Law on Corporate Punishment of Severe Accidents’, which have been promoting the bill, agreed to some extent and plan to issue a statement of support to the bill.
However, the Democratic Party has yet to decide on a party-level leadership. Representative Lee Nak-yeon said, “I hope that the competent standing committee will make an effort to quickly deal with the severe corporate punishment law for disasters,” he said in the parliamentary negotiating group’s speech in September.
By the way, on October 27, CEO Lee <한겨레> In an interview, he said: “When the law on punishment of companies for serious disasters is applied, there is concern that there is a concern about the overlap of the punishment with the existing mountain safety law.” It was said to reflect the basic content, but it was a comment that seemed to have receded in the enactment of the law. He only said briefly: “Welcome,” even after the statements of Kim Jong-in, President of the People’s Power and High Commissioner of the People’s Power, were known. Appearance of pressure … Nakyeon Lee “Yes, welcome”).
This is also why the Justice Party says “2% is insufficient” while welcoming the initiative of the Democratic Party. Representative Kang Eun-mi immediately held a press conference and demanded, “The Democratic Party must make it clear to the public that Representative Park Joo-min’s bill is a firm matter for the party.” In a comment, spokesman Tae-soo Jang also said, “At least four workers were killed on the day of CEO Nak-yeon Lee’s speech alone.”
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| ▲ Additionally, Democratic Party legislator Woo Won-sik answers journalists’ questions after a press conference calling for the proposal and enactment of the corporate punishment law for severe disasters in the Assembly Communication Hall National on the 11th. From left, Dong-myeong Kim, president of the Korean Federation of Trade Unions, and Representative Park Ju-min. Representative Won-shik Woo. | |
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Reporters also asked Congressmen Park Joo-min and Woo Won-sik if they had a good relationship with the leadership, like Lee Nak-yeon, and if they would promote it as a party argument. Representative Woo Won-sik replied, “It’s hard to see it as a party argument yet, and since we have gathered our will, we will try to become a party argument.” “We think we should go to the Law on Punishing Businesses in Major Accidents, and the Korean Federation of Trade Unions, which is in a political alliance with us, has made that position clear.” “He said.
Representative Park Joo-min also emphasized the ‘will’ of the Democratic Party, saying, “It is the judgment and decision at the party level that a major TF disaster (the person is the team leader) has been created in the Labor Respect Team “. However, he said, “to make the bill, the legislators’ doctors must meet and go through the formalities of the general assembly of legislators,” he said, “I will tell you one more time that I will work hard.” He added: “(After the late Kim Yong-gyun’s accident), it was difficult to amend the Sanan Law, but there are also doubts whether it will become a punishment law for companies with serious disasters,” he added.
