Key NHRCK Activities processes of conveyor belts, have been mostly outsourced, except for work related to generators and furnaces. Indirect employment7) allows businesses to ‘utilize’ and take advantage of needed labor at lesser costs and with the ease of employment adjustment. But from workers’ perspective, this type of employment does not ensure even the basic labor rights guaranteed under the labor law, and it has been cause for serious labor issues, particularly that of risk outsourcing. Over the last five years, all of the 20 worker fatalities and 340 out of 348 occupational injuries (97.7%) in five power generation companies were among subcontractors. To ensure that power plants continue to be managed sustainably while risk situations addressed immediately, an integrated management approach is necessary, including systematic sharing of directly hire essential service subcontractors, which in turn requires the Ministry of Trade, Industry Part 2 information among processes and a unified communication system. This requires companies to and Energy and the Ministry of Economy and Finance to develop policy on direct employment of Thus, the Commission expressed opinion to the Chairman of the National Assembly that a proposed bill on direct employment of workers in life and safety services and a proposed partial amendment to the Occupational Safety and Health Act should be discussed early for legislation. It recommended the Minister of Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Minister of Ministry of Economy and Finance to engage with coal-fired electrical power generation companies to change their regulations on organization, fixed number of personnel, and budget, so that they can directly hire essential service subcontractors. It also recommended five power generation companies to directly hire their essential service subcontractors. 7) In ‌ contrast with direct employment, indirect employment refers to the 'use' of workers from an external company without directly 'hiring' them, with the key being in extracting the 'use' of labor from the 'hiring'. Forms of indirect labor includes subcontractors, contractors, and dispatched workers, while outsourcing and business split refer to the processes of transitioning to indirect employment. 45 Key NHRCK Activities subcontractors by power generating companies.