CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the balanced development of the national economy and society by enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises and promoting the employment thereof with support for programs facilitating the supply and demand of human resources, upgrading human resource structure and improving awareness of small and medium enterprises.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 4, 2011]
Article 2(Definitions) #
The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Jan. 21, 2014; Dec. 11, 2018>
1. The term "small and medium enterprises" means small and medium enterprises defined in Article 2(1) of the Framework Act on Small and Medium Enterprises;
2. The term "cooperatives, etc." means cooperatives, industrial cooperatives, federations of cooperatives and the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises under Article 3(1) of the Small and Medium Enterprise Cooperatives Act;
3. The term "program to upgrade human resource structure" means a program, the plan of which is formulated and executed by organizations or cooperatives related to small and medium enterprises, with the aim of securing high-quality human resources, improving human resource management and reducing working hours, etc.;
4. The term "program to improve awareness" means a program administered in order to discover excellent small and medium enterprises and make them known to the public, and promote the influx of human resources into small and medium enterprises to build a proper job attitude, such as providing correct information about small and medium enterprises, college students' experiential learning of small and medium enterprises and educational and training programs and practicing public relations;
5. The term "small and medium enterprises that develop talent" means small and medium enterprises that exemplarily develop talent through employing excellent human resources who have professional knowledge and function, such as technical ability and capability of research and development, and investing in education and training;
5-2. The term "youth workers of small and medium enterprises" means workers newly employed by the representatives of small and medium enterprises for business purposes, aged between 15 and 34 at the time of employment;