National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea conditions of the migrant workers in the agricultural and livestock industries by contracting out a research on the "status of the human rights conditions of the migrant workers in the agricultural and livestock industries" in 2013. The research findings showed that there were human rights violations against the migrant workers in such various areas as labor contracts, working conditions, living environment, and industrial disasters. It recommended, on December 5, 2013, institutional improvement options to the Minister of Employment and Labor. In detail, the Commission asked for reinforcing legal protection of the work conditions of the migrant workers. For example, it recommended that Article 63 of the Labor Standards Act, which excludes the application of provisions on working hours, resting, and holidays for the whole agricultural and livestock industries, should be revised for selective application to detailed types of the industries depending upon their characteristics; and that during the off-season, migrant workers should be given permission to change their workplaces through voluntary agreement with the owners of the workplaces. The Commission made further recommendations on institutional improvement. They include: i) detailed information should be included in the work contract; ii) procedural requirements should be set up for prior review of the contract to see if it violates the provisions of labor-related legislation; iii) standard work contracts should be produced and distributed for detailed types of jobs in the agricultural and livestock industries; and the owners of workplaces should take Chapter 1. Improvement of Laws and Regulations, Institution, Policies, and Practices ▪▪▪ 59