[Background for Promotion] 

○ Background

- The current Immigration Act includes provisions restricting the invitation of foreign workers for business owners who violate the Labor Standards Act, etc., but lacks restriction criteria for business owners who violate occupational safety and health and serious disaster-related laws.
- Accordingly, it is necessary to overhaul the restriction criteria for inviting foreign workers against business owners who violate labor-related laws to strengthen the prevention of human rights violations against foreign workers.

○ Necessity of Government Intervention
- Since foreign workers' maintenance of employment relationships is closely linked to their stay in the country, they find it difficult to actively raise issues even when exposed to unpaid wages or dangerous working environments.
- Therefore, it is necessary to protect the rights and interests of foreign workers and encourage the creation of a safe working environment by restricting employers who have violated labor-related laws from inviting foreign workers.

[Regulatory Content] 

- Restriction on inviting foreign workers for a certain period for employers who have been sentenced to imprisonment without prison labor or heavier, or a fine of 5 million KRW or more, for violating the Labor Standards Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, or the Act on Punishment of Severe Disasters, etc. 

- Restriction on the issuance of visa issuance certificates and its relevance to violators of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Act on Punishment of Severe Disasters, etc.