While the current Act allows the Minister of Employment and Labor to request any employer employing more than a certain number of workers as prescribed by Presidential Decree to take proactive employment improvement measures and determine support or restriction accordingly, the effectiveness of such measures is still lacking.

In this regard, this Act aims to allow priority purchase support for any designated enterprise outperforming in proactive employment improvement measures, restrict tendering participation if penalty points are accumulated for failing to take such measures, improve the effectiveness of the measures, and promote gender equality in employment (Articles 17-5 and 17-10 newly inserted).

Note

This Act rests on the premise that the “Partial Amendment to the Act on Contracts to which the State is a Party” (Bill no. 2693), represented and proposed by National Assembly member Jung Choun-sook, is passed. If the bill is not passed or is passed with modification, this Act must be adjusted accordingly.

Restrict tendering participation for any employer failing to take proactive employment improvement measures (Article 17-5).