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Equal Employment Opportunity and Work-family Balance Assistance Act — Article 29-2 (Details of mediation, arbitration, or corrective orders)

남녀고용평등과 일ㆍ가정 양립 지원에 관한 법률 제29조의2

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 details of mediation or arbitration under Article 28, or of a corrective order under Article 29, may include suspending discriminatory treatment, etc.; improving working conditions such as wages (including issuing an order to improve systems such as employment rules or collective agreements); providing appropriate compensation; or taking other corrective measures.

(2) If compensation is ordered under paragraph (1), the amount of compensation shall be determined on the basis of the amount of damage incurred by the employee due to discriminatory treatment, etc.; provided, a labor relations commission may order compensation not exceeding 3 times the amount of such damage if the employer’s explicit intention to engage in discriminatory treatment, etc. is recognized or if such discriminatory treatment, etc. is repeated.[This Article Added on May 18, 2021]

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