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Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of Apr 4, 2022 – Apr 8, 2022)

Weekly Legislative Report for the week of  Apr 4, 2022 – Apr 8, 2022

 
 
As the first-ever Korean law firm to issue specialized legislative journals, DR & AJU LLC has been publishing the monthly Policy & Business (P&B) Report since August 2019. The P&B Report provides analyses of plenary sessions of the National Assembly, as well as standing committee and subcommittee meetings. In addition, the firm has been co-hosting the Future Leaders Forum with the Herald Business, inviting chairpersons of standing committees to discuss relevant legislative issues and tasks.

As an extension of this service, DR & AJU has also been issuing the Weekly Legislative Report, which covers various legal issues at the center of public debate along with editorials and columns on the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (“SAPA”) from major daily news outlets. The report will be released with an update on newly proposed or pending bills. Enclosed is this week’s legislative report, and please refer to the P&B Report for further details. 

If you wish to subscribe to the P&B Report or have any other queries, please contact us at pr@draju.com.


1. Proposed Bill(s)
 
① Partial Amendment to the Labor Standards Act

This Amendment was designed to prohibit employers from installing and operating electronic monitoring facilities for the purpose of monitoring workers.

② Partial Amendment to the Act on the Promotion of Mutually Beneficial Cooperation Between Large Enterprises and Small and Medium Enterprises

This Amendment aims to reflect changes in raw material prices and the minimum wage in the cost of delivered goods.


2. Pending Bill(s)

③ Partial Amendment to the Hydrogen Economy Promotion and Hydrogen Safety Management Act

This Amendment defines clean hydrogen and clarifies the subject of development and supply relating to clean hydrogen and clean hydrogen certification procedures. It also establishes provisions authorizing business entities selling electricity to purchase a certain amount of clean hydrogen to promote clean hydrogen development.


3. Promulgated Bill(s)

④ Enforcement Rule of the Act on the Integrated Control of Pollutant-discharging Facilities

This Bill specifies standards for installation and management regarding discharging facilities and prevention facilities installed and operated in workplaces, standards for measuring and investigating pollutants, and maximum emission standards, which are the maximum allowable amount for discharging pollutants.


4. Bill(s) Undergoing Pre-Announcement of Legislation/Administration

⑤ Partial Amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Framework Act on the Construction Industry

This Amendment mandates the Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport to retrieve the authority to cancel a registration or impose business suspension dispositions, which had hitherto been entrusted to local governments, such as Mayor/Do Governor.


5. Serious Accidents Punishment Act ("SAPA") Related Editorials and Columns from Major Dailies


[Herald Business] KCTU Warns of April Struggle as Yoon Seeks to Defang SAPA
[Edaily] Explosion at Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan Factory Kills Worker… SAPA Investigation Underway
[Korea Economic Daily] SAPA Shock… Construction Production Decreases by the Highest Level in Seven Years
[Yonhap News] Worker in his 70s Dies in a Jamming Accident… Chungcheongbuk-do First to Incur SAPA Violation Charges


*For more details, please download the PDF file attached.