Information on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Korea the Commission have continued even thereafter, amounting to a total 331 cases from January 2008 to December 2013. 2) Recommendation ① In addition to deleting Article 732 of the Commercial Act, the government should withdraw its reservation on Article 25 (e) of the Convention, and by providing medical and statistical data on the mortality rate, illness incidence rate and accident rate of persons with disabilities as soon as possible so that insurance companies can conduct risk evaluations on persons with disabilities based on objective information and provide insurance services, it should prevent them from being unreasonably discriminated in insurances. 17. Article 27. Work and employment 17.1 Discrimination against persons with disabilities in employment as a result of their exemption from minimum wages 1) Current status and problems ① The Minimum Wage Act provides that persons acknowledged to have a mental or physical disability which will significantly impede the undertaking of a job can be exempt from being subject to minimum wage (4,860 won per hour in 2013) after acquiring the approval of the Minister of Employment and Labor. In this regard, according to the data submitted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to the National Assembly during parliamentary inspection of the administration, there were 73 establishments (53%) out of 138 establishments designated as facilities manufacturing products by persons with severe disabilities which paid a per hour wage lower than the minimum wage, and in particular, despite the provision on mandatory acquisition of the approval by the Minister of Employment and Labor in such cases, there were 21 establishNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 33