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Purpose: As the Act on Punishment of Serious Accidents came into effect in January 2022, it is becoming a big social issue in the labor and management circles. The purpose of this law is to analyze problems and suggest improvement plans so that the purpose of protecting lives and bodies by preventing major accidents can be met. Method: The main contents of the relevant law were identified, and the current application status of the currently enforced law and problems by law were analyzed. Result: Currently, more than 50 accidents have occurred and they have been classified as serious accidents, and no punishment has been imposed under the relevant laws. There are four major problems: 1) the issue of equity in the applied workplace, 2) the lack of clarity in some legal provisions, 3) the issue of entrusting the obligation to secure safety and health to private organizations, and 4) the issue of excessive punishment regulations. was analyzed as. Conclusion: As the law is in the early stages of enforcement, there are trials and errors, but revisions are necessary through the efforts of the labor and management circles to meet the establishment and purpose of the law.
연구목적: 중대재해처벌법이 2022년 1월 시행됨에 따라 노동계, 경영계 등 사회적으로 큰 이슈가 되고 있다. 해당 법률의 목적인 중대재해 예방은 생명과 신체를 보호함의 목적에 충족 할 수 있도록 문제점을 분석하여 개선방안을 제시하고자 한다. 연구방법: 해당 법률의 주요내용을 파악하고, 현재 시행된 법의 적용 현황 및 법 조항별 문제점을 분석하였다. 연구결과: 법 시행 6개월 경과된 현재 50건 이상의 사고가 발생하여 중대재해로 분류가 되었고, 해당 법률에 의해 처벌이 내려진 경우는 없다. 문제점으로는 1) 적용 사업장의 형평성의 문제, 2) 일부 법 조항의 명확성의 원칙 결여 문제, 3) 안전보건 확보의 의무의 민간기관 위탁화의 문제, 4) 과도한 처벌규정의 문제로 크게 4가지로 분석되었다. 결론: 법 시행초기인 만큼 시행착오가 있지만 해당 법률의 안착 및 목적에 부합하기 위해 노동계와 경영계를 비롯한 각 계의 노력으로 개정이 필요하다.
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- Publisher :The Korean Society of Disaster Information
- Publisher(Ko) :한국재난정보학회
- Journal Title :Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
- Journal Title(Ko) :한국재난정보학회논문집
- Volume : 18
- No :3
- Pages :470-477
- DOI :https://doi.org/10.15683/kosdi.2022.9.30.470
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