Events
The Korea Institute of Child Care and
Education (KICCE) co-held the 2nd ECEC Policy Symposium of 2022 “2022 Occupational
Safety and Health Week Safety and Health Seminar” with Occupational Safety and Health
Research Institute (OSHRI) on July 8, 2022 (Wed) at KINTEX Ilsan. The seminar,
under the theme of “Daycare Workers Re-examined As a Vulnerable Group in
Occupational Health”, examined the working environment and health of daycare
workers and discussed on areas to improve and policy amendments. OSHRI Deputy
Head of Department Park Ga-young has presented “Vulnerability of Daycare
Workers” and Professor Choi Eun-hee of Eulji University on “Working Environment
and Health Care Plan for Daycare Workers – Focused on Senior and Child Daycare
Workers”. Lee Jae-hee, Research Fellow of KICCE has presented on “Industrial
Accident Status of Child Daycare Workers’”and Park Eun-jung, Assistant Research
Fellow has presented on the subject of “Issues Related to Status of Childcare
Workers, and Conditions and Working Environment”. Discussion panellists
included Lee Sang-hoi, Head of Department at Korea Occupational Safety and
Health Agency (KOSHA), Jeon Ji-won, Senior Researcher of Seoul National
University Center for International Migration and Social Inclusion, Ph.D Ahn
Hyun-mi of Chung-Ang University and Professor Jeong Hye-seon of The Catholic
University of Korea.