supervisor are deemed to make normal employment difficult and cause sexual humiliation.
Moreover, as a head of a welfare center, although the accused has the duty to prevent
sexual harassment from occurring among employees at workplaces as a head of a welfare
center, he continuously committed sexual harassment on several occasions against his
staffs, making some of them quit their jobs, so the Commission decided that he was more
accountable. For the accused, the Commission recommended that he complete special
education on human rights provided by the Commission and offer damage compensation to
some of the victims. It recommended to the head of the supervisory body overseeing the
Welfare Center of OO City to come up with measures to prevent sexual harassment by
heads of organizations and facilities under its supervision from taking place again and to
the Mayor of OO City who commissioned the operation of OO City Welfare Center to
conduct strict management and supervision over the organization commissioned to operate
the OO City Welfare Center.
3) Discrimination Based on Age
Age discrimination refers to acts of favorably treating, excluding, differentiating or
unfavorably treating a particular person or a group of particular persons without a
reasonable cause on the grounds of age in all aspects of social activities. With the
Enforcement of the Age Discrimination Act in March 2009, age discrimination is
prohibited in recruitment and employment. In January 2010, the application scope of the
Act was extended to all aspects of employment, including wage and non-wage
remuneration payment, benefits, training/education, relocation/transference/promotion, and
retirement/dismissal. The Commission conducts investigations into allegations of
violations of the Age Discrimination Act and makes recommendations for remedies, which
are notified to the Ministry of Labor. For failing to execute recommendations without
justifiable reason, the Ministry can issue corrective orders and fines are imposed if the
orders are not implemented.
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