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Act on the Protection, Etc. of Temporary Agency Workers — Article 21 (Prohibition and Correction of Discriminatory Treatment)

파견근로자 보호 등에 관한 법률 제21조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2020-12-08. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-05-26) — check the Korean original.

(1) No temporary work agency nor user company shall give discriminatory treatment to any temporary agency worker on the ground of his/her employment status compared with other workers engaged in the same or similar types of work at the business of the user company.

(2) Any temporary agency worker who has received discriminatory treatment may request a correction thereof to the Labor Relations Commission established under the Labor Relations Commission Act (hereinafter referred to as “Labor Relations Commission”).

(3) Articles 9 through 15 and subparagraphs 2 and 3 of Article 16 of the Act on the Protection of Fixed-Term and Part-Time Employees shall apply mutatis mutandis to requests for correction referred to in paragraph (2) and other procedures for correction. In such cases, "fixed-term or part-time employee" and "employer" shall be construed as "temporary agency worker" and "temporary work agency or user company", respectively.

(4) Paragraphs (1) through (3) shall not apply to user companies ordinarily employing not more than four workers.[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 30, 2019]

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