SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of deaths caused by serious industrial accidents at workplaces in the first half of the year dropped nearly 10 percent from a year ago, a government report said Wednesday. A total of 289 workers died from January to June, marking a drop of 9.1 percent, or 29 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — While foreigners account for less than 4 percent of all laborers in South Korea, 1 in 10 people who died in major industrial disasters last year were foreigners, a lawmaker said, citing data from the the Ministry of Employment and Labor. 75 people among 668 killed in major industrial [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Domestic workplaces will be ordered to suspend operations in the event of on-duty deaths of employees or other serious industrial disasters, the labor minister said Friday. Minister of Employment and Labor An Kyung-duk said the government will order workplaces that report fatal industrial accidents to halt their entire operations [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Employment and Labor on Monday announced a decision to establish a new government body in charge of investigating fatal and serious industrial disasters, ahead of the enforcement of a new law aimed at increasing the punishment of business owners for on-duty deaths and employee injuries. In [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The percentage of workers’ ailments being recognized as occupational diseases under the industrial disaster law has sharply increased under the government of President Moon Jae-in, officials said Monday. According to the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service (KWCWS) affiliated with the labor ministry, 63 percent of ailments reported by [...]