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Regular working hours plus extended working hours may not exceed 12 hours per day and extended working
hours may not exceed 46 hours per month. Overtime pay shall by paid in accordance with the law.

Overtime Hours Overtime Pay Notes
Ordinary 2 hours or less Regular rate plus at least 1/3 An employee who voluntarily
work days 2 to 4 hours Regular rate plus at least 2/3 chooses to take compensatory
leave with the consent of
their employer will be granted
2 hours or less Regular rate plus at least 1 1/3
Rest compensatory leave based
day More than 2 hours Regular rate plus at least 1 2/3 on the number of extended
working hours.
Work hours during the week may be After such an event, employers
extended to compensate for natural disasters, plus 1 should provide workers with
unexpected incidents, or emergencies. appropriate rest time.

Workers who continue to work for an employer or institution for a specified period of time, shall be entitled to
annual paid leave as stipulated in the following chart.

Years in Service Annual paid Leave (Days) Notes
0.5≤Y<1 3
1≤Y<2 7 Vacation time may be allotted on the
2≤Y<3 10 basis of the work schedule. Vacation time
3≤Y<5 14 days per year that has not been taken must be paid as
wages or deferred until the following year
5≤Y<10 15 days per year by agreement between the employee and
One day is added per year, up employer.
Y≥10
to a maximum of 30 days.
Wages shall be paid by the employer for regular
leaves, rest days, holidays (Labor Day and other
memorial or festival days designated as leave
days by the government) and annual paid leaves.
When a worker agrees to work on a holiday
(including holidays and annual paid leave days),
the employer shall pay double the regular rate for
such work.

According to provisions of the Labor Standards
Act, Regulations of Leave-Taking of Workers, and
the Gender Equality in Employment Act, workers
may take maternity leave, sick leave, menstrual
leave, personal leave, family care leave, leave
for pregnancy checkups, leave for pregnancy
checkup accompaniment, paternity leaves, leave
for childbirth recuperation, marriage leave, and
bereavement leave.
In addition, the Gender Equality in Employment Act
provides basic protection for employees through
its provisions prohibiting gender discrimination
and sexual harassment in the workplace, and
other stipulations for promoting equality at work
including the right to apply for parental leave
without pay and resumption of employment.

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