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Labor Standards Act — Article 11 (Scope of Application)

근로기준법 제11조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-10-23. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-10-02) — check the Korean original.

(1) This Act shall apply to all businesses or workplaces in which not less than five employees are regularly employed: Provided, That this Act shall neither apply to any business or workplace in which only the employer's blood relatives living together are engaged, nor to servants hired for the employer's domestic works.

(2) With respect to a business or workplace in which not more than four employees are regularly employed, some provisions of this Act may apply as prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(3) In applying this Act, the method of calculating the number of employees regularly employed shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Newly Inserted on Mar. 21, 2008>

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