(1) A business owner shall have a person meeting the qualifications prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor carry out the working environment measurement of a workplace prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, where works harmful to the human body are handled, to protect the health of employees from hazardous factors and create a pleasant working environment.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where a relevant contractor or his or her employee works in the place of business of a contractee, the contractee shall have a person qualified under paragraph (1) carry out the working environment measurement.
(3) A business owner (including a contractee referred to in paragraph (2); hereafter in this Article and Article 127, the same shall apply) may entrust working environment measurement referred to in paragraph (1) to an institution designated under Article 126 (hereinafter referred to as "working environment measurement institution"). In such cases, only analysis of samples, among the works related to working environment measurement, may be entrusted, when necessary.
(4) A business owner shall, upon request by the representative of employees (including the representative of employees of a relevant contractor; hereafter in this Article, the same shall apply), permit the representative of employees to participate in carrying out the working environment measurement.
(5) A business owner shall record and retain the results of working environment measurement and report them to the Minister of Employment and Labor, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor; provided, where a working environment measurement institution to which working environment measurement is entrusted by a business owner under paragraph (3) has carried out the working environment measurement and submitted the results thereof to the Minister of Employment and Labor, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the results of the working environment measurement shall be deemed reported.
(6) A business owner shall inform employees at the relevant workplace (including a relevant contractor and his or her employees; hereafter in this paragraph and Articles 127 and 175(5)15, the same shall apply) of the results of the working environment measurement and take measures for protecting the health of employees based upon such results, such as installing and improving the relevant facilities and equipment or providing health examinations.
(7) Upon request by the occupational safety and health committee or the representative of employees, a business owner shall hold an explanatory meeting, etc. on the results of monitoring working environments. In such cases, where working environment measurement is entrusted under paragraph (3), the business owner may require the working environment measurement institution to explain the results of monitoring working environments.
(8) The methods and frequency of working environment measurement prescribed in paragraphs (1) and (2), and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.