Annual Report 2014 The NHRCK established an exclusive team on human rights in the military on August 29 in order to carry out thorough investigations on, provide remedy for, and prevent recurrence of human rights infringements that incur in the military including beating, cruel treatment, and sexual assault, especially in the wake of the tragedy in which a private was killed because of beatings and other cruel treatment. With regard to the promotion and enhancement of social rights, the Commission recommended that local governments comply with the guidelines on the wage for employees in social welfare facilities to prevent regional wage disparity on August 21. In order to ensure the job security and improve the treatment for irregular workers in the public sector, on November 10, the NHRCK recommended the Minister of Employment and Labor and the Minister of Education to ease the conditions for permanent employment, cut down exceptions from converting non-regular position to permanent ones, and change the job status of outsourced contract workers whose work is regular and permanent to that of a regular position. In addition, on November 27, the Commission recommended the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Minister of Employment and Labor to implement reforms in order to address the problem relating to persons dispatched overseas, and persons in special types of employment, who are not fully protected from occupational accidents as they are categorized as special cases in the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act. The NHRCK also researched the human rights situation of those who earn less than the minimum standard cost of living but are not eligible for state support from April to November, as well as the elderly residing in long-term care hospitals from May to November, and prepared improvement measures based on the research results by sector. With regard to implementing international human rights standards, the Commission 8 ▪▪▪ Part I. Introduction