Standard Labor Contract

• Standard Labor Contract is adopted when signing labor contract between employer and foreign workers
• Contents of labor contract
  • - Period of labor contract
  • - Place of working area, occupation description
  • - Working hours, break hours, and days off
  • - Components of wage, payment date and methods
  • - Other matters concerning the working conditions which need to be preset between employer and foreign worker
• Probation period can applied maximum 3 months and the period can be estimated from the day of beginning of actual work. 10% can be deducted from the minimum wage or more is going to be paid for the foreign worker under probation period.
• The labor contract comes into force from the day of the worker enters Korea

How to sign labor contract

• When a certain worker is selected by an employer, the Standard Labor Contract is forwarded to the Sending Agency by HRD Korea
• Sending Agency informs the contents of the labor contract to the job seeker and report the job seeker's intention to HRD Korea.

Notice for labor contract signing

• If the labor contract is cancelled due to reasons attributable to the foreign worker, job application will be restricted for 1 year.
• If the foreign worker is not satisfied with the contacts of the contract, the job seeker can refuse to sign the contract once, but if the job seeker refuses to sign the contract a second time, job application will be restricted for 1 year.