surveys and research on pending issues, while collecting the opinions of experts by
organizing various discussion sessions and meetings.
It also adopted a comprehensive approach to improve human rights conditions by
prioritizing major human rights issues in Korean society, such as North Korean human
rights, business and human rights, privacy and human rights in the information society, the
rights of athletes and the rights of the elderly as its strategic objectives.
Section 2. Major Activities
1. Recommendations and Opinions to Improve Laws and Policies
1) Recommendation to Amend Capability Assessment Criteria of Regulations on
Criteria of Work Capability Assessment, etc.
On February 10, 2010, the Commission recommended to the Minister for Health,
Welfare and Family Affairs that it should amend the work capability assessment criteria in
the Attached Table 2 of the current "Regulations on Criteria for Work Capability
Assessment, etc.", with the exception of employment possibility, physical fitness, chronic
symptoms, and alcohol addiction, which are subject to objective judgment. The categories
for assessment criteria are closely related to the honor and self-esteem of individuals and
thus may cause discriminatory perceptions over beneficiaries with no capability for work.
2) Recommendation to Improve Laws and Policies on the Labor Rights of Teenagers
On February 4, 2010, the Commission recommended the following measures to the
Minister for Employment and Labor: firstly, to amend legal working hours per week for
minors and overtime ceiling of minors, which are stipulated in Article 69 of the Labor
Standards Act, to 35 hours and to five hours a week respectively; secondly, to make partial
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