National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea
cited by the Employment Insurance Act and 19 other statutes and
programs. In the end, the Commission concluded that institutional
improvement was needed to reduce low-income jobs and to mitigate
bipolarization in the labor market.
The NHRCK paid attention to the promotion of labor human rights of
the low-wage workers, and to the prevention of unjust competition by
the employers who take the advantage of low wages. The Commission
recommended the Minister of Employment and Labor to take necessary
action against those employers who gave wages lower than the level
prescribed by the Minimum Wages Act. What was recommended include:
restriction of access to the Work Net, a job-seeks information system
operated by the Ministry of Employment of Labor; deferring payment of
support allowance from the employer-supporting fund of the employment
insurance who contributes to employment stabilization; and giving
penalty points in the process of selecting successful contractors for
government service work. In addition, the Commission issued a
recommendation to the Minister of Strategy and Finance in this regard.
In the recommendation, the Commission also asked the Minister to give
penalty points in the process of selecting successful contractors for
government service work.
In response, the Ministry of Employment replied that the Ministry
had put in various efforts to put in place the minimum wage level
requirements.
The
Ministry
cited,
for
instance,
supervision
of
workplaces, various reporting channels, promoting awareness through
private-government cooperation. The Ministry of Strategy and Finance
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