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Enforcement Decree of the Labor Standards Act — Article 26 (Calculation of Suspension Allowance)

근로기준법 시행령 제26조

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.

Where an employee has received a part of wages during a period of suspension due to any ground attributable to the employer, the employer shall, in compliance with the main clause of Article 46 (1) of the Act, pay him or her an allowance equivalent to at least 70/100 of the difference calculated by subtracting that part of wages already paid to the said employee from the average wages: Provided, That where ordinary wages are paid as suspension allowance in accordance with the proviso of Article 46 (1) of the Act, the difference between the ordinary wages and the part already paid during the period of suspension shall be paid.

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