ANNOUNCEMENT 01 Aug 2011

In August 2011, the government of Republic of Korea announced a change for the labour market access of foreign workers.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 0 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 1 liberalising

SOURCE



Ministry of Employment and Labor. (2011). Period for applications for reemployment of foreign workers largely extended. Available at http://www.moel.go.kr/english/topic/employment_policy_view.jsp?idx=823


Inception date: 01 Aug 2011 | Removal date: open ended

Labour market access

With effect from 1 August 2011, the government of the Repbulic of Korea has amended the following aspects of the official reemployment process for foreign workers.
 

  • Shortening of application deadline for the renewal of the employment visa to 7 days. This is a reduction from 45 or 15 days depending on the duration of the contract to be renewed.
  • Reduction of minimum employment education for foreign workers from 20 to 16 hours.
  • Extended permission for employment agencies to represent a foreign worker in the application for employment permits. Under the new regim employment agencies may also represent ethnic Koreans of foreign nationality (category H-2). Prior to the change, employment agencies were only allowed to assist foreign nationals (category E-9).

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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

 
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