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Employment Rights and Protection

Korea, Republic of
  • English
    All citizens shall enjoy freedom of occupation. (Art. 15)
  • Korean
    모든 국민은 직업선택의 자유를 가진다. (제15조)

Employment Rights and Protection

Korea, Republic of
  • English
    1. All citizens shall have the right to work. The State shall endeavor to promote the employment of workers and to guarantee optimum wages through social and economic means and shall enforce a minimum wage system as prescribed by law.
    2. All citizens shall have the duty to work. The State shall prescribe by law the extent and conditions of the duty to work in conformity with democratic principles.
    3. Standards of working conditions shall be determined by law in such a way as to guarantee human dignity.
    4. Special protection shall be accorded to working women and they shall not be subjected to unjust discrimination in terms of employment, wages and working conditions.
    … (Art. 32)
  • Korean
    ①모든 국민은 근로의 권리를 가진다. 국가는 사회적·경제적 방법으로 근로자의 고용의 증진과 적정임금의 보장에 노력하여야 하며, 법률이 정하는 바에 의하여 최저임금제를 시행하여야 한다.
    ②모든 국민은 근로의 의무를 진다. 국가는 근로의 의무의 내용과 조건을 민주주의원칙에 따라 법률로 정한다.
    ③근로조건의 기준은 인간의 존엄성을 보장하도록 법률로 정한다.
    ④여자의 근로는 특별한 보호를 받으며, 고용·임금 및 근로조건에 있어서 부당한 차별을 받지 아니한다.
    ... (제32조)