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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

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Workplace harassment manual in English available now

The Ministry of Employment and Labor recently published an English translation of the manual on workplace harassment.

An amendment of …

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Three major points of the recently amended fair hiring procedure act

An amendment of the Fair Hiring Procedure Act took effect from July 17th, 2019. The law applies to workplaces with …

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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

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Links to Major Korean Labor Laws in English

This post provides links to official translations of major Korean labor laws.

1. Labor Standards Act and Enforcement Decree

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Korean holidays for 2019 based on the Korean labor laws

As of March 2019, public holidays are not mandatory holidays that employers are required by law to grant to employees. …

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