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2008/12/22 12:00 KST
Gov't to amend law to make public sector layoffs easier

   SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- Amid a major overhaul of the public sector, the government said on Monday it plans to revise job evaluation rules to allow offices to more easily lay off "incompetent" ranking officials.

In a report to President Lee Myung-bak, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security said it will introduce a new job evaluation system next year that will allow the ministry's personnel committee to fire top officials who receive low marks on more than one occasion.