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Act on the Protection, Etc. of Temporary Agency Workers — Article 46 (Administrative Fines)

파견근로자 보호 등에 관한 법률 제46조

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) Each person who fails to comply with the corrective order finalized pursuant to Article 14 (2) or (3) of the Act on the Protection of Fixed-Term and Part-Time Employees which applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Articles 21 (3), 21-2 (4), and 21-3 (2) without just cause, shall be punished by an administrative fine not exceeding 100 million won. <Amended on Apr. 30, 2019>

(2) Each person who fails to directly employ a temporary agency worker in violation of Article 6-2 (1) shall be punished by an administrative fine not exceeding 30 million won. <Amended on Apr. 30, 2019>

(3) Each person who fails to give a prior written notice stating the matters stipulated in Article 20 (1) and any other matter prescribed in Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor to the relevant temporary agency worker in violation of Article 26 (1) shall be punished by an administrative fine not exceeding 10 million won. <Newly Inserted on May 21, 2009; Jun. 4, 2010>

(4) Each person who fails to comply with a request by the Minister of Employment and Labor to submit a compliance report referred to in Article 15 (1) of the Act on the Protection of Fixed-Term and Part-Time Employees which applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Articles 21 (3), 21-2 (4) and 21-3 (2) without just cause, shall be punished by an administrative fine not exceeding five million won. <Amended on Apr. 30, 2019>

(5) Each of the following persons shall be punished by an administrative fine not exceeding three million won: <Amended on Apr. 30, 2019>

1. A person who fails to file a report referred to in Article 11 (1) or files a false report;

2. A person who fails to file a report referred to in Article 18 or 38 (1) or files a false report;

3. A person who violates Article 26 (3);

4. A person who violates Article 27, 29 or 33;

5. A person who fails to send the results of a health examination to a temporary work agency or a user company in violation of Article 35 (3) or (5);

6. A person who violates an improvement order issued under Article 37;

7. A person who refuses, interferes with or evades any inspection prescribed in Article 38 (2) without just cause.

(6) Administrative fines referred to in paragraphs (1) through (5) shall be imposed and collected by the Minister of Employment and Labor, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Apr. 30, 2019>

(7) Deleted. <May 21, 2009>

(8) Deleted. <May 21, 2009>[Title Amended on Apr. 30, 2019]

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