Compliance of Employer and Employee with Occupational Safety Regulation in Small Sized Enterprises of under 5 Employees

5인 미만 사업장의 산업안전 규제 순응 실태

  • Yi, Kwan-Hyung (Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, KOSHA) ;
  • Rhee, Kyung-Yong (Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, KOSHA) ;
  • Sohn, Doo-Ik (Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, KOSHA) ;
  • Suh, Nam-Kyu (Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, KOSHA) ;
  • Seo, Kwang-Guk (Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency) ;
  • Oh, Ji-Young (Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, KOSHA)
  • 이관형 (한국산업안전공단 산업안전보건연구원) ;
  • 이경용 (한국산업안전공단 산업안전보건연구원) ;
  • 손두익 (한국산업안전공단 산업안전보건연구원) ;
  • 서남규 (한국산업안전공단 산업안전보건연구원) ;
  • 서광국 (한국산업안전공단) ;
  • 오지영 (한국산업안전공단 산업안전보건연구원)
  • Published : 2003.12.01

Abstract

This study is planned to investigate the compliance of small sized enterprises of under 5 employees directed by Industrial Safety and Health Act. Occupational safety regulation can be required for employer and employee to comply because that all members of workplace should be involved to protect worker's health. When all members of workplace comply with safety regulation, effectiveness of regulation will be realized as expectation. The study subject is composed of three groups as 501 employers, 501 employees of small sized enterprises of under 5 employees and 107 safety inspectors sampled by stratified random sampling for comparison. Data for analysis is collected from each sample using interview with structured questionnaires. Compliance is measured by 5 point scale composed by 8 sub items such as general perception, understanding, clearness, necessity, relevancy, implementation, penalty, and general compliance of the regulation. Among sub items of employer's compliance, the level of perception of regulation, necessity of regulation, relevancy of penalty are differentiated among three groups. The level of all 8 items of employee's compliance also differentiated among three groups. These results show that strategies for ensuring the same level of compliance among three groups will be needed through education, training and evaluation of regulation and feedback.

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