National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea was a serious concern. The Commission concluded that the revision of the Road Act is desirable before the revision of the Act on Discrimination Prohibition or the Act on the Promotion of Access to Facilities and Information. The Commission, then, recommended the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport that Article 42 of the Road Act should be revised so that road occupation charge can be exempted on the ground that ramps connecting small shopping centers and pedestrian road have a character of public interest rather than a means of private interest earning for building owners. N. Recommendation on the Exclusion of Assistant for Civil Servants with Serious Disabilities In 2011, the Employment Promotion and Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act was revised, and as a result, the provision of assistants for the severely handicapped at workplace was established. However, this does not applied to civil servants. The Commission thought that this support system is to promote the human rights of the disabled by stabilizing employment of the severely handicapped and providing them with necessary support. The Commission, hence, reviewed the related government policies and programs. As the result of the review, the Commission found that the Ministry of Employment and Labor did not provide assistants for those civil servants with serious disabilities. The Ministry's rationale was that "civil servants are not workers for the purpose of the Labor Standards Chapter 1. Improvement of Laws and Regulations, Institution, Policies, and Practices ▪▪▪ 51

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