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Enforcement Decree of the Labor Standards Act — Article 25 (Payment of Wages before Payday)

근로기준법 시행령 제25조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2021-11-19. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2025-10-23) — check the Korean original.

"Other cases of emergency as prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 45 of the Act means the cases in which an employee or a person who makes a living on the employee's income falls under any of the following: <Amended on Jun. 29, 2018>

1. Giving birth to a child, becoming ill, or being overtaken by a disaster or an accident;

2. Getting married or becoming dead;

3. Going back and staying home for one week or more due to unavoidable reasons.

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