“Excessive regulation for chemical substance information public opening”… Labor organization to criticize industry safety revised rules
Park Jung Il | comja77@ | 2018-04-19 10:43:02
Opposition voices have been raised not only by experts, businessmen, and the labor community, on the legislation of the "Industrial Safety and Health Act" amended by the Ministry of Employment and Labor in recent years.
Experts argue that not only can there be excessive regulation, but also it is not clear from the legal point of view and it is necessary to go through the process of public debate again.
In the "Forum for the Improvement of Occupational Safety and Health Policy" hosted by the Korea Employers Federation at the Sogong-dong Press Center in Seoul on the 18th, "Submission of all chemical name and content information to the government is an over-regulation," he pointed out, "it is doubtful what the government needs to submit the entire MSDS."
The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced, in response, a legislative amendment on February 9. Since 1990, all revisions have been made for 28 years, with the objective of expanding the scope of protection and strengthening the responsibility of the company, strengthening measures in case of disasters, restricting the contract work of harmful work, expanding industrial accident prevention responsibilities Etc.) are included.
The business community expressed concern that core manufacturing technology could be exported to China and other countries.
"We do not allow MSDS to be submitted to the government in any of the developed countries," Jeong said. "It is reasonable that the Ministry of Environment will provide the Ministry of Employment and Labor with information on chemical substances in the amendment bill."
"Even though the chemical information that is not listed in the MSDS is important information that corresponds to the trade secret of the company, if the government collects and keeps it, "It is necessary to have legislative and complementary measures to resolve these problems," he said.
Participants at the forum also pointed out that the Ministry of Employment Law amendment has problems in terms of procedural and legal aspects.
In the case of a criminal law, the honorary professor of Konkuk University`s Graduate School of Law said, "The punishment for imprisonment of a lower-limit type of crime is usually prescribed by the defendant, and the imposition of imprisonment for more than one year on a death- It is not right. "
Cho Hong-hong, head of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, said, "I am convinced that the amendment to protect all working people is a step forward compared to the past," but criticized it as "a poor proposal made by some experts and bureaucrats without hearing the voice of stakeholders." did.
"We must clarify the scope of the worker and apply laws and regulations to the state and local governments."
By Park Jung Il comja77@
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Experts argue that not only can there be excessive regulation, but also it is not clear from the legal point of view and it is necessary to go through the process of public debate again.
In the "Forum for the Improvement of Occupational Safety and Health Policy" hosted by the Korea Employers Federation at the Sogong-dong Press Center in Seoul on the 18th, "Submission of all chemical name and content information to the government is an over-regulation," he pointed out, "it is doubtful what the government needs to submit the entire MSDS."
The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced, in response, a legislative amendment on February 9. Since 1990, all revisions have been made for 28 years, with the objective of expanding the scope of protection and strengthening the responsibility of the company, strengthening measures in case of disasters, restricting the contract work of harmful work, expanding industrial accident prevention responsibilities Etc.) are included.
The business community expressed concern that core manufacturing technology could be exported to China and other countries.
"We do not allow MSDS to be submitted to the government in any of the developed countries," Jeong said. "It is reasonable that the Ministry of Environment will provide the Ministry of Employment and Labor with information on chemical substances in the amendment bill."
"Even though the chemical information that is not listed in the MSDS is important information that corresponds to the trade secret of the company, if the government collects and keeps it, "It is necessary to have legislative and complementary measures to resolve these problems," he said.
Participants at the forum also pointed out that the Ministry of Employment Law amendment has problems in terms of procedural and legal aspects.
In the case of a criminal law, the honorary professor of Konkuk University`s Graduate School of Law said, "The punishment for imprisonment of a lower-limit type of crime is usually prescribed by the defendant, and the imposition of imprisonment for more than one year on a death- It is not right. "
Cho Hong-hong, head of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, said, "I am convinced that the amendment to protect all working people is a step forward compared to the past," but criticized it as "a poor proposal made by some experts and bureaucrats without hearing the voice of stakeholders." did.
"We must clarify the scope of the worker and apply laws and regulations to the state and local governments."
By Park Jung Il comja77@