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Focus of Workplace Safety Policy to Shift from Punishment to Self-regulatory Prevention

Focus of Workplace Safety Policy to Shift from Punishment to Self-regulatory Prevention

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to revise the controversial act on serious industrial accidents as it seeks to shift the focus of workplace safety policy from punishment to self-regulation and prevention, officials said Wednesday. The labor and other related ministries announced a comprehensive plan to reduce serious occupational accidents, including a [...]

OECD Recommends Samsung Heavy Ensure Workplace Safety over 2017 Deadly Crane Accident

OECD Recommends Samsung Heavy Ensure Workplace Safety over 2017 Deadly Crane Accident

SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean branch of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) called on Samsung Heavy Industries Co. on Wednesday to fulfill due corporate responsibility to better ensure worksite safety following a deadly crane accident in 2017. In May 2017, two cranes collided at the shipbuilder’s shipyard in the [...]