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Equal Employment Opportunity and Work-family Balance Assistance Act — Article 17-2 (Support for ability development and employment promotion of career- interrupted women)

남녀고용평등과 일ㆍ가정 양립 지원에 관한 법률 제17조의2

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) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall select promising occupational categories and develop specialized training and employment-promotion programs for career-interrupted women who have left their jobs for reasons such as pregnancy, childbirth, or childcare but intend to be reemployed (hereinafter referred to as “career-interrupted women”). <Amended on Jun. 4, 2010>

(2) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall provide career-interrupted women with information, etc. on occupations and vocational training, and shall provide services such as specialized vocational guidance and vocational counseling through the employment security office defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2-2 of the Employment Security Act. <Amended on Oct. 9, 2009; Jun. 4, 2010>[This Article Added on Dec. 21, 2007][Previous Article 17-2 moved to Article 17-3 <Dec. 21, 2007>]

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