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KOR-2003-L-64966
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Act on Foreign Workers Employment etc. (Act No. 6967).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Republic of Korea
Subjects (Classification)
Migrant workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
2003-08-06
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Original title
외국인근로자의 고용 등에 관한 법률
Abstract/Citation
Regulates employment of foreign workers in Korea. Applies to foreign workers and businesses or workplaces which employ or intend to employ foreign workers. Does not apply to seamen whose work is governed by Seamen Act. Divided into 6 parts. Part 1 contains general provisions. Part 2 sets forth employment procedures for foreign workers. Part 3 provides for management of employment of foreign workers; Part 4 for protection of foreign workers. Part 5 contains supplementary provisions, and Part 6 penal provisions. Unofficial English translation.
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
2004-03-17 (KOR-2004-L-67406)
Enforcement Decree of the Act on Foreign Workers' Employment, etc. (Presidential Decree No. 18314)
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line in English
Author
Ministry of Government Legislation
Country
Republic of Korea
URL
http://www.moleg.go.kr/english/
File
KOR64966 Eng.pdf (PDF of Act in English as amended to Act No. 18041, Apr. 13, 2021)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Unofficial English translation
Author
Ministry of Labour
Page range
11 p.
Monograph title
Labor Laws of Korea 2004
Publisher
Ministry of Labor
Country
Republic of Korea
Page range
pp. 683-695
Monograph title
Labor Laws of Korea 2007
Author
International Cooperation Office of the Ministry of Labour
Country
Republic of Korea
Date
2007-12
Number
Part I
Page range
pp. 91-106