Jung Park of Democratic Party Proposes Amendment to Employment Policy Act for Supporting Companies Creating High-Quality Jobs

A bill has been introduced in the National Assembly to select companies that create high-quality jobs and provide them with administrative and financial support.

Jung Park, Member of the Democratic Party of Korea. Office of Representative Park

On September 8, Jung Park, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea who serves on the National Assembly's Climate, Energy, Environment and Labor Committee, announced that he had sponsored the amendment to the "Framework Act on Employment Policy" reflecting these measures.

The proposed revision establishes a legal basis for selecting outstanding companies that have created high-quality jobs and providing them with administrative and financial support. It also stipulates in the legislation the grounds for identifying and rewarding contributors to job creation.

However, companies with serious legal violations, such as wage arrears, violations of industrial safety laws, or workplace harassment, will be restricted from being selected as outstanding companies in order to ensure the credibility of the system.

Assemblyman Park stated, "We need to establish a virtuous cycle in which companies that create good jobs are properly evaluated and supported by the state so that they can generate even more high-quality jobs," adding, "By setting the creation of high-quality jobs as a clear direction of national employment policy, I expect that we will be able to enhance both job security and job quality for workers."

Meanwhile, the government is pushing for the integration of various existing certification systems for outstanding companies—such as "Excellent Job Creation Companies," "Work-Life Balance Leading Companies," and "Strong Youth Job Creation Companies"—into a single "Happy Workplace Certification System."

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