For an employee to receive insurance benefits for industrial accidents during work, a relationship between the causes of an industrial accident and his or her work must be established, and to prove said relationship, data on the content of the work of employees who suffer accidents, the working conditions and work environment at workplaces controlled/overseen by employers is necessary.

Concerning this matter, the current Act provides for employers’ obligation to provide assistance, but because the scope of said assistance by employers is not clearly defined and there is no provision that punishes employers who reject such assistance provision, it is difficult for employees to be offered data of proof if employers do not cooperate.

Hence, this Amendment aims to provide details of obligations of employers to provide assistance so that employees who suffer industrial accidents can easily obtain from employers data necessary to prove that their injuries are work related, and to enact provisions for punishment of employers rejecting this, thereby promoting the welfare of employees (Article 116 (2), Article 129 (2), 3-2 newly inserted).

Impose obligations of employers to provide employees with assistance regarding data necessary to prove industrial accidents are related to works and provide the means for punishment of employers rejecting such obligation (Article 116 (2), Article 129 (2) 3-2 newly inserted).