EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to secure the employment security of all workers, and to contribute to the balanced development of national economy, by providing workers with an opportunity to find a job with which they may develop and display their individual ability, and by supporting the smooth supply of and demand for the workforce required for each industry, based on cooperation between the State and the private sector.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 9, 2009]

Article 2(Equal treatment) #

No person shall be treated discriminately in job placement, vocational guidance, or decision on employment relations, on account of gender, age, religion, physical conditions, social status, marital status, or any other relevant factor.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 9, 2009]

Article 2-2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Jun. 4, 2010; Apr. 30, 2019>

1. The term "employment security office" means a local employment and labor administrative agency carrying out employment security services, such as job placement, vocational guidance, etc.;

2. The term "job placement" means referral services enabling an employer and job seeker to enter into an employment contract by searching job seekers and employers or recruiting job seekers, in receipt of an application for a job offer or job search;

3. The term "vocational guidance" means vocational aptitude testing, vocational information services, vocational counseling, practical exercise, recommendation, advice, or other guidance as to employment, which are provided to help job seekers easily select a job that is appropriate for his or her ability and aptitude;

4. The term "free job placement services" means job placement services provided free of charge, membership fee, or any money or valuables;

5. The term "fee-charging job placement services" means job placement services, other than free job placement services;

EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Equal treatment) #

Article 2-2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Affairs of government) #

Article 4-2(Domestic job placement services by local government) #

Article 4-3 #

Article 4-4(Civilian employment counselors) #

Article 4-5(Certifications of institutions providing outstanding employment services) #

Article 5(Agency in charge of affairs) #

Article 6(Securing professionalism of staff-in-charge) #

Article 7(Cooperation of head of Si/Gun and others) #

Article 8(Application for workers) #

Article 9(Application for job) #

Article 10(Specification of working conditions) #

Article 11(Principles of job placement) #

Article 12(Job placement over wide area) #

Article 13(Arrangement of training institution) #

Article 14(Vocational guidance) #

Article 15(Cooperation among head of employment security office and principal of school) #

Article 16(Collection and provision of employment information) #

Article 17(Development of job-offering and job-seeking) #

Article 18(Free job placement services) #

Article 19(Fee-charging job placement services) #

Article 20 #

Article 21(Prohibition of lending name) #

Article 21-2(Prohibition of receiving advanced payment) #

Article 21-3(Restrictions on job placement for minors) #

Article 22(Person engaged in fee-charging job placement services) #

Article 23(Reporting on business providing employment information) #

Article 24 #

Article 25(Matters to be observed by person running business providing employment information) #

Article 26(Prohibition of concurrent engagement) #

Article 27(Application mutatis mutandis) #

Article 28(Recruitment of workers) #

Article 29 #

Article 30(Recruitment of persons to work overseas) #

Article 31(Recommendations on improvement of recruitment method) #

Article 32(Prohibition of receiving money and valuables) #

Article 33(Labor supply business) #

Article 34(Prohibition of false job offer advertisement) #

Article 34-2(Guaranteeing liability for damages) #

Article 35(Reporting on discontinuation of permitted, registered, or reported services or business) #

Article 36(Cancellation of registration, permission) #

Article 36-2(Succession to status of business operators) #

Article 36-3(Hearings) #

Article 37(Measures for closure) #

Article 38(Disqualification) #

Article 39(Preparation and keeping of books) #

Article 40 #

Article 40-2(Education and training for persons providing job placement services) #

Article 41(Reporting and inspection) #

Article 41-2(Request for cooperation on documents) #

Article 42(Duty of confidentiality) #

Article 43(Fees) #

Article 44(Delegation of authority) #

Article 45(Subsidy of national treasury) #

Article 45-2(Establishment of business operators’ association) #

Article 45-3(Rewards) #

Article 46(Penalty provisions) #

Article 47(Penalty provisions) #

Article 48(Penalty provisions) #

Article 48-2 #

Article 49(Joint penalty provisions) #

Article 50(Administrative fines) #