Korean Law in English
Laws › Employment Insurance Act › CHAPTER V-3 SPECIAL CASES CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FOR INSURED WORKERS

Employment Insurance Act — Article 77-7 (Special cases concerning labor platform operators)

고용보험법 제77조의7

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-10-01. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-09-18) — check the Korean original.

(1) Notwithstanding Article 15, where an owner of a labor-providing business enters into a contract for the use of a labor platform with a labor platform operator (hereinafter referred to as "labor platform operator") who establishes and operates a system that records and processes data and information related to workers and owners of labor-providing businesses by collecting and managing such data and information (hereinafter referred to as "labor platform"), a labor platform operator shall file a report on a worker's acquisition, etc. of insured status under Article 15(1), as prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(2) The Minister of Employment and Labor may request any labor platform operator to provide the following data or information necessary for confirming the use of the relevant labor platform and insurance relationships in order to efficiently handle insurance affairs regarding workers: In such cases, a labor platform operator in receipt of a request shall comply with such request unless there is a compelling reason not to do so.

1. The commencement date or termination date of the contract for the use of a labor platform;

2. Data or information prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as the name and address of a place of business, on matters related to insurance relationships of owners of labor-providing business;

3. Data or information prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as the name, occupational category, and remuneration of a worker, related to the insured status of the worker.

(3) If necessary for the provision of the data or information requested pursuant to paragraph (2), a labor platform operator may request the relevant worker and the owner of a labor-providing business to provide the necessary data or information. In such cases, a worker and an owner of a labor-providing business in receipt of a request shall comply with such request in the absence of good cause.

(4) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall use data or information furnished by owners of labor-providing businesses pursuant to paragraph (2) only to the extent necessary for handling the relevant insurance affairs, and shall not disclose them.

(5) Every labor platform operator shall retain the information related to the reporting of insured status of a worker under paragraph (1) on the labor platform for three years from the termination of the labor contract between the relevant worker and the owner of the labor-providing business[This Article Added on Jan 5, 2021]

‹ Article 77-6All articlesArticle 77-8 ›

Korean original (law.go.kr) · Get articles as JSON via API

For AI agents and developers — get this article as JSON, with the English and current Korean effective dates and an outdated-translation flag, from the korea-law API or as an MCP tool: https://mcp.apify.com?tools=kr-data/korea-law