중소기업인력지원특별법의 기본구조와 개선방안

It has been 11 years since Korean government enacted “Special Act on Support for Human Resources of Small and Medium Enterprises(the Korean Special Act)” in order to address the problems of human resources of Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs). Since there has been no evaluation of the Korean Special Act, it is necessary to check whether the Korean Special Act works well or not. If there is any problem for implementation of the Korean Special Act, revision of the Korean Special Act would be necessary. For the objective of this paper - presenting revision of the Korean Special Act, if any - I studied not only the Korean Special Ast but also the “Japanese Act on Support for Human Resources of Small and Medium Enterprises(the Japanese Act)”, of which the Korean Special Act follows the structures. I tried to get as many implications as possible for the revision through examining the Korean Special Act and studying the Japanese Act. First of all, I examined the Korean Special Act whether the clauses are implemented well. Most of the clauses are implemented well except some clauses. There are some ‘declarative’ clauses that are not implemented through any lower statutes. Then, I found that the Korean Special Act need to have the conference body to coordinate the other government departments. The Korean Special Act also need organization dedicated to focus on human resources problems. Through the studying of the Japanese Act, I draw two conclusions. One is that the Korean Special Act should be founded on demand side, not on supply side. The other is that local governments and SMEs are need to participate in the policy process. For the Korean Special Act being founded on demand side means that Korean government should replace the main idea that only the government could solve human resources with the idea that government had better guide SME's human resource management. SMEs and local governments are key players in human resources problems. SMEs have to plan their own human resources management. Local governments can accredit SME's plans to get any form of government assistance. In the short term, Korean government should solve the problem that lower statutes are not fully support the Korean Special Act. For the preparation of the lower statutes, the budget and the policy concern should be well arranged. In the long term, Korean government should revise the Korean Special Act to make inter-departmental conference and organization dedicated to human resources problems, to replace supply-side policy with demand-side policy, and to let SMEs and local governments participate in the policy process.