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http://dx.doi.org/10.14346/JKOSOS.2013.28.1.144

A Review Study on Devolution of Central Government's Affairs to Local Governments for Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the Lee Myungbak's Government  

Park, Doo Yong (Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Hansung University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.28, no.1, 2013 , pp. 144-150 More about this Journal
Abstract
The devolution of central government's affairs to local governments for several occupational safety and health(OHS) administration affairs was tried by Lee Myungbak's government in 2010. It seems that the trial was eventually failed since only trivial 3 items among 25 trials were made for the devolution. It was found that there was a procedural fault since stake-holders and experts were excluded during preparing the plan. Therefore validity and problems were not properly reviewed. It was also found that the devolution of the OHS administration affairs from the central government to local governments has several disadvantages such as high possibility of deregulation. The devolution of the OHS affairs to local governments is contradictory to uniform principle of safety standards and principle of coincidence of empowerment and responsibility. Therefore it is concluded that the devolution of the OHS affairs to local governments is inappropriate.
Keywords
devolution; decentralization; occupational safety and health administration; decentralization; distribution of affairs;
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