Weekly Legislative Report for the week of Dec 27, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021
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As an extension to the service, DR & AJU has also been issuing the Weekly Legislative Report covering various legal issues at the center of public debate along with editorials and columns on the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (“SAPA”) from major dailies. 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 Occupational Safety and Health Act
This Amendment obligates employers to take necessary measures to prevent industrial accidents that may occur when working in confined spaces at risk of suffocation, toxic gas inhalation, fire, or explosion.
② Framework Act on Just Employment Transition
This Bill allows employees, self-employed workers, and vulnerable social groups to participate in the decision-making process for responding to the climate crisis.
2. Pending Bill(s)
③ Partial Amendment to the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act
This Amendment was designed to abolish the Korea Fair Trade Commission’s exclusive right of complaint.
3. Promulgated Bill(s)
④ Traffic, Energy and Environment Tax Act
This Bill establishes basis regulations for delegation to stipulate standards for imposing administrative fines on violations of illegal distribution of tax-free oil and the government's securing tax payment by Presidential Decree.
4. Bill(s) Undergoing Pre-Announcement of Legislation/Administration
⑤ Partial Amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Fire Prevention and Installation, Maintenance, and Safety Control of Firefighting Systems
This Amendment extends the scope of "specific objects of fire service", which are obligated to install firefighting systems, to include tenement houses and multi-household houses. The Amendment also mandates the installation of simple sprinkler systems and automatic fire detection systems in such houses.
5. Serious Accidents Punishment Act ("SAPA") Related Editorials and Columns from Major Dailies
