Weekly Legislative Report for the week of Mar 28, 2022 – Apr 1, 2022
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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.
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1. Proposed Bill(s)
① Partial Amendment to the Commercial Act
This Amendment adds “shareholders’ proportional interest” to the subject of directors’ duty of loyalty.
② Partial Amendment to the Serious Accidents Punishment Act
This Amendment adds field trainees to the scope of workers and mandates workplaces with less than five employees to be subject to the Act if field trainees are practicing therein.
2. Pending Bill(s)
③ Partial Amendment to the Framework Act on the Construction Industry
This Amendment adds construction companies to the scope of punishment subjects, which currently includes subcontractors only. The Amendment strengthens the standards for registration cancellation to ten years from the date of receiving the business suspension disposition or the imposition of fines. If violations by subcontractors occur twice or more within five years from the disposition date, the registration will be cancelled.
3. Promulgated Bill(s)
④ Enforcement Decree of the Framework Act on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth for the Climate Crisis
This Bill stipulates the 2050 Carbon Neutrality Vision and Nationally Determined Contributions (“NDC”) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from 2018 levels.
4. Bill(s) Undergoing Pre-Announcement of Legislation/Administration
⑤ Partial Amendment to the Regulations on Housing Construction Standards
This Amendment strengthens the standard of floor impact sound to 49dB and changes the method to measure the floor impact sound from a bang machine (tire) to an impact ball (rubber ball).
5. Serious Accidents Punishment Act ("SAPA") Related Editorials and Columns from Major Dailies