This article is about labor law’s discipline which refers to the emotional labor. The emotional labor means a type of labor which an employee is required to repress his/her own feelings while offering labor. The problem of the emotional labor often turns up at companies of service industry which business is mainly dealing with customers. Mental health of worker could be deteriorated if a worker is exposed to the situations which urge worker to control one’s feelings or leads to emotional disharmony. Recently, the industrial structure is changing into service industry. Therefore emotional labor issue has become a serious social problem. The purpose of labor law is to secure right to a Life worthy of human beings and protect worker’s healthy life by the means of which assuring of minimum working conditions and improving the working environment. The Labor Standards Act defines minimum work conditions. And Industrial Safety and Health Act defines the necessary measures for the safety of worker. Also the employer is obliged to secure worker’s health because of the labor contract’s obligations. But under the system of existing law, there are some limits to regulate the emotional labor problem. This article shows a direction and discipline of labor law for the emotional labor. Labor is consisted of physical, mental and emotional aspects, and those are combined each other. In order to protect workers from the risk element of emotional labor, there must be adjustment of working hours and improvement of working conditions basically. In addition, scope of application of labor laws should be extended to the emotional labor. First, it is needed to establish the term ‘emotional labor' in the Labor Standards Act. Industrial Safety and Health Act must be materialized. Employer’s obligation which preventing worker’s emotional labor issues and recovering mental health is the target. Finally, A revision in the Industrial Safety and Health Act is needed to recognize the potential damage caused by emotional labor as an industrial accident.
목차
Ⅰ. 머리말 Ⅱ. 감정노동의 개념, 실태와 규율의 필요성 Ⅲ. 감정노동에 대한 대응 방식과 노동법 적용의 한계 Ⅳ. 감정노동 문제에 대한 주요국의 대응 Ⅴ. 감정노동에 대한 노동법의 규율 방안 Ⅵ. 맺음말 참고문헌
키워드
감정노동근로기준법안전보건조치안전배려의무업무상 재해Emotional LaborLabor Standards ActSafety and Health MeasuresSafety care obligationsOccupational Accident
저자
한인상 [ Insang HAN | 국회입법조사처 입법조사연구관, 법학박사(Dr. jur.). ]
한국비교노동법학회 [The Korea Society of Comparative Labor Law]
설립연도
1997
분야
사회과학>법학
소개
본 학회는 1997. 4. 1 창립되어 노동법 분야를 주로 연구하는 단체이다. 본 단체는 국내법, 외국의 노동법 노사관계등의 인접학문분야, 국제노동법 등을 연구함으로써 현재 국내적으로 연구가 미진한 분야의 하나인 노동법 분야의 이론적 발전과 재정립. 진보적 이론 창안과 법해석을 통한 사회적 공헌을 그 목적으로 하고 있다.
학회 회의의 자격은 교수, 박사학위 소지자의 자격을 갖춘자를 정회원, 기타의 자를 준회원 또는 특별회원으로 한다. 본학회는 1998년 이후 '노동법 논총'이라는 학술지를 발간하고, 매년 봄(5월)과 가을(9월) 정기학회를 2회이상 개최한다. 학회의 회원은 전국적으로 교수, 공공단체, 연구기관, 공인노무사 및 변호사 등의 전문가로 구성되어 있다.