🇰🇷 South Korea · Employment Compliance
Mandatory contracts, payroll and social-insurance registration, and the official labor authority.
South Korean employment is governed by the Labor Standards Act and related laws, overseen by the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL). Employers must provide written terms, meet the minimum wage and working-time limits (with a statutory cap on weekly hours), provide statutory leave, and follow rules on dismissal and severance.
- Provide written terms; meet the minimum wage and statutory weekly-hour limits.
- Provide statutory leave and follow rules on dismissal and severance pay.
- MOEL oversees labour standards and enforcement.
Official authorities
- Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL)
Official source on labour standards.
Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.
Government portals
- Government of Korea — Korea's integrated government portal — policy, administrative services, e-government
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