reasons for discrimination and needs to be specified such as ‘gender’, ‘age’, ‘disability’,
‘country of origin’, ‘criminal record’, and ‘academic background’. ii) Grounds for
discrimination that lack clarity or designation principle (‘gender equality’, ‘employment
type’, etc.), lack justification (‘childbirth method’), or are limited in its application (‘family
type’, ‘political beliefs’, etc) do not contribute to achieving effectiveness of remedies and
need to be modified to have clear and definite description and implication. iii) ‘Marketing’
activities that communicate or promote discrimination based on gender should be specified
clearly. iv) Exemptions from the Anti-Discrimination Act are not defined clearly and
exemptions recognized by most comprehensive anti-discrimination acts such as bona fide
occupational qualification or affirmative action or others are advised to be prescribed in
detail. v) In respect to its status as an independent anti-discrimination agency, a provision
that grants the Commission the responsibility of preparing for and reporting to the
government a recommendation for basic plan for anti-discrimination, and iv) a provision
that demands respect of the Commission’s recommendations and grants the Commission
the right to request result of execution of action plans should be specified in order to
maximize the effectiveness and promote implementation of the basic plans. vii) In an effort
to ensure effectiveness of remedies, it is recommended to create a provision on support for
litigation or legal assistance for victims of serious discrimination cases. And there should
be additional remedies for malicious discrimination. vii) A special regulation on violation
of information disclosure requirement should be established. (October 27, 2011)
16) Opinion on the Proposed Partial Amendment to the Enforcement Decree on Wage Claim
Guarantee
The Commission expressed its opinion to the Minister of Employment and Labor on the
Proposed Partial Amendment to the Enforcement Decree on Wage Claim Guarantee
recommending to establish an eligibility guideline for selection of workers that reflect
factors such as data of low-income workers and wage levels of individual workers to
effectively identity vulnerable workers such as the working-poor and leave no worker
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