South Korea

Type:: International

South Korea: Pay and benefits

Updated to reflect new information on stronger sanctions for failure to pay wages on time, effective from 23 October 2025.

Type:: International

South Korea: Updates - key employment law developments

Updated to reflect that legislation introducing stronger sanctions for failure to pay wages on time, came into effect on 23 October 2025.

Type:: International

Global minimum wage rates comparative table

Updated to reflect the change to the minimum wage rate in Guernsey, and changes to provincial/territorial rates in Canada, prefecture rates in Japan and cantonal rates in Switzerland.

Type:: International

South Korea: Health and safety

An employment law guide to health and safety in South Korea, including duties on employers and employees, safety representatives, enforcement and penalties, and compensation for occupational injury or illness.

Type:: International

South Korea: Industrial relations

An employment law guide to industrial relations in South Korea, covering trade unions, collective bargaining, informing and consulting employees, and industrial action and picketing.

Type:: International

South Korea: Termination of employment

An employment law guide to termination of employment in South Korea, covering notice periods, grounds of termination, constructive dismissal, retirement, severance pay and contesting dismissals.