and Environmental Health.
Information such as labor market structure, labor demand and supply system,
employment perspectives of workers in specialized industries such as culture, arts, and
sports remained obscured by mainstream researches that often focused on general
industries such as manufacturing or remained insubstantial, and the survey attempted to
study in detail overall human rights conditions and the conditions of the industry that are
forcing proliferation of non-regular employment.
In conclusion, the survey identified structural problems faced by the industry including
working condition, hiring, Human Resource(HR) management, labor subordination,
examples of discrimination and human rights violations, social status and treatment of
non-regular workers, low wage and permanent threat of job insecurity, worsening
discrimination, and lack of social safety net, and such knowledge can serve as meaningful
basis for development and implementation of policies for non-regular workforce in the
industry.
Section 3. Evaluation
In 2011, the Commission spared no efforts to conceive and develop policy agenda,
make recommendations and submit its opinions to bring improvements to laws, policies,
systems and practices, and raise its voice on significant and controversial human rights
issues. It addressed important issues such as the Proposed Amendments to the Criminal
Code and the Proposed Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Act and emerging issues
such as the Proposed Act on Surgical Treatment of Child Sex Offenders by exercising its
duty including presentation of opinions, and the Commission even assisted the DNA
Identification Act.
The Commission contributed to enhancing self-determination and capabilities of the
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