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Equal Employment Opportunity and Work-family Balance Assistance Act — Article 29-7 (Prohibition of unfavorable treatment following requests for correction of discriminatory treatment, etc.)

남녀고용평등과 일ㆍ가정 양립 지원에 관한 법률 제29조의7

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.

No employer shall dismiss an employee or give them any other unfavorable treatment on the ground that the employee has conducted any of the following acts:

1. Filing a request for correction of discriminatory treatment, etc. under Article 26; attending and stating opinions before the relevant labor relations commission under Article 27; or filing a request for review or instituting administrative litigation under Article 29-3;

2. Reporting the employer’s failure to comply with a corrective order under Article 29-4 (2).[This Article Added on May 18, 2021]

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