The industrial accident compensation insurance scheme aims to minimize any loss in daily life by quickly compensating the victim while returning him/her to work. The return-to-work rate of industrial accident victims in Korea is 41%, which is substantially lower than Germany (74%), Australia (79%), New Zealand (77%), the US (85%), and Canada (70%).

Other advanced countries such as Germany, Australia, Canada, and France put in place the return-to-original-work program to help victims to come back to work, and different states in the US provide the return-to-original-work program and the support program.

In this regard, this Act aims to obligate the employer to establish and submit a return-to-work plan for the victim if the victim has a medical finding that he/she can return to his/her original work, require Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service to provide necessary support, and impose administrative fines if the employer rejects Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service’s order to establish a return-to-work plan without justifiable reason (Articles 75-2 and 129 (1) 3 newly inserted).

Impose administrative fines if the employer rejects Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service’s order to establish a return-to-work plan without justifiable reason (Articles 75-2 and 129 (1) 3 newly inserted).