36 Commission's Major Activities the death occurred while performing official duty, and not by the public official status criteria, since line-of-duty deaths entail a sense of dignity and honor, and imply more than economic compensation. Notably, the Commission saw that subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1, Article 3 of the Public Officials Pension Act and subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the Enforcement Decree of the same Act provide enough grounds for recognizing line-of-duty death for short-term instructors who died while performing their official service. C. Policy recommendation to promote the rights of immigrant construction workers On 8 June, the Commission recommended the Minister of Employment and Labor to improve the labor conditions of immigrant construction workers, as they are exposed to various human rights infringements such as poor housing environment, unreasonable deduction of board and lodging, long work hours with no days off, and frequent industrial accidents. The Commission noted the high risk of industrial accidents faced by immigrant construction workers based on data of the Ministry of Employment and Labor that showed that 45.5% of 88 immigrant workers who died in an industrial accident in 2016 were in construction. A 2015 Commission survey of human rights conditions of immigrant construction workers revealed that 17.1% of all respondents (337 immigrant construction workers) were not aware of their entitlement to treatment and compensation under the occupational health and safety insurance. Of respondents who had ever been injured at a construction site, 67.9% had not received insurance payments. Life and safety is the most basic and important value of human rights. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights clearly states in Article 7 that it is every worker’s right to work under “just and favourable conditions.” In view of protecting the body and life of immigrant construction workers who are at a higher risk of death accidents, the Commission recommended the Ministry of Employment and Labor to produce safety and public health-related materials in several languages, and to provide more educational programs to inform workers of what to do when they are involved in an industrial accident.

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