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A one-year grace period has been announced for small businesses in relation to the maximum 52-hour workweek

On December 11, the Ministry of Employment and Labor announced a plan to give small businesses a one-year reprieve from the maximum 52-hour system. The…

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An employer should grant 10-day paternity leave to employees from October 1st, 2019

Based on a recent amendment of the Equal Employment Opportunity and Work-Family Balance Act, the number of paternity leave days has increased from five to…

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How to calculate wages and allowances for paid weekly holidays?

As you can guess from the title of this post, “paid weekly holidays” mean that you should pay an employee for every Sunday even if…

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10-point Summary of the Korean Labor Law for Foreign CEOs and HR Managers

I selected 10 important points of Korean labor law based on the most frequently asked questions. The summary will help you get the basic information for HR management in compliance with local labor laws.

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What is the Maximum Work Hours per Week in Korea?

I wrote a post on the same topic four years ago and things stayed the same since then. However, the National Assembly passed an amendment…

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Overtime under the Korean labor law

1. Definition of overtime This is an update to a post on overtime written ten years ago. Wikipedia defines overtime as “the amount of time…

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