중소규모 사업장 안전보건법제 검토

According to the government's announcement, 897 deaths occurred in workplaces where less than 300 regular workers were employed out of a total of 969 deaths in 2016, accounting for 92.6% of all deaths. In other words, most of the deaths occur in small and medium-sized businesses that use less than 300 regular workers. The government has been making the policy targets for strengthening health and safety of small and medium-sized businesses in The Government 5 Year Plan for Health and Safety. The Plan includes ① restrictions on outsourcing of health and safety services at large workplaces using more than 300 regular workers, ② payment of subsidies for the full-time health and safety managers, ③ establishment of a new health and safety manager in small businesses, ④ expansion of health and safety education and technical guidance. The end of The 4th Government 5 Year Plan for Health and Safety is now about one and a half year away, but the task which was originally planned remains insufficient. In this article, the writer reviewed the workplace health and safety system, which is regulated by the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and suggested ways to identify and improve the problems of such system.