Companies in the Changwon National Industrial Complex, South Korea, are unable to build more workplace daycares due to a regulation that requires daycares to be located more than 50 meters away from ‘hazardous facilities’. This includes factories where air pollutant emission facilities are installed. The rule, explicitly defined since 2019, also prevents existing daycares from being expanded or modified. Companies argue the distance should be calculated based on actual hazardous materials rather than the factory wall. Local authorities are looking into addressing this issue as part of local regulatory innovation.
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