외국인근로자 고용 사업주에 대한 다문화인권교육 운영 방안

Abstract

As the number of foreign workers increased, the need for educating their employers has been raised in various ways. The recommendation of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission in 2010 and the revised law on Treatment of Foreigners, which was proposed to the National Assembly, also emphasize the need to provide instructions on ‘multicultural understanding’ to employers who hire foreign workers. The academic community has also valued the education of business owners as an important procedure. However, an inconsiderable amount of education for employers has taken place only by the Industrial Human Resources Corporation or the local administrative body, and it does not seem to be a sufficient multicultural human rights education. In this paper, we suggest well organized curriculum subjects and specified teaching materials so that multicultural education could be more effective. For this purpose, the necessity of multicultural education for foreign workers’ employers was raised. And educational contents and specific contents of education for employers. The results of this study suggest that understanding of multicultural society, understanding and practice of employment permit system, and human rights of foreign workers. In addition, for the activation of the proposed multicultural education for business owners, we have concluded that making education programs mandatory, specification of education programs that can enhance business owners’ multicultural sensitivity, joint participation of education among business owners and foreign workers, and the visiting education by multicultural social experts are necessary. Once the multicultural education for business owners is activated, less discrimination against foreign workers and human rights violations, prevention of industrial accidents and enhanced social adaptation of foreign workers are highly expected.