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Enforcement Decree of the Labor Standards Act — Article 59-2 (Management of Sensitive Information and Personally Identifiable Information)

근로기준법 시행령 제59조의2

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 it is inevitable to perform the following affairs, the Minister of Employment and Labor (including the person who is entrusted with the authority of the Minister of Employment and Labor pursuant to Article 59) or the Labor Relations Commission may process the information on the health under Article 23 of the Personal Information Protection Act (only applicable to the affairs under subparagraph 7) and the data containing the resident registration number or foreigner registration number under subparagraph 1 or 4 of Article 19 of the Enforcement Decree of that Act: <Amended on Jun. 21, 2012>

1. Affairs concerning the claim for compensation of damage under Article 19 (2) of the Act;

2. Affairs concerning the relief of unfair dismissal, etc. under Article 28 (1) of the Act;

3. Affairs concerning the order to pay money or other valuables under Article 30 (3) of the Act;

4. Affairs concerning confirmation of performance of the order for remedy of unfair dismissal and concerning imposition of charge for compelling performance, etc. pursuant to Article 33 of the Act;4-2. Affairs concerning the disclosure of name of the business owner in arrear pursuant to Article 43-2 of the Act and the provision of the data on delayed payment of wages, etc. pursuant to Article 43-3 of the Act;

5. Affairs concerning the employment permit certificate under Article 64 of the Act;

6. Affairs concerning admission for the gross negligence under Article 81 of the Act;

7. Affairs concerning the review and arbitration under Article 88 (1) and 89 (1) of the Act;

8. Affairs concerning the report on violation of laws pursuant to Article 104 of the Act;

9. Affairs concerning accusation of the person who fails to perform the definite order for remedy, etc. pursuant to Article 112 of the Act.[This Article Newly Inserted on Jan. 6, 2012]

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