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Labor Standards Act — Article 116 (Administrative Fines)

근로기준법 제116조

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) If an employer (including cases where a person prescribed by Presidential Decree, who is a relative referred to in Article 767 of the Civil Act of an employer, is an employee in the relevant business or workplace) commits workplace harassment in violation of Article 76-2, he or she shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding 10 million won. <Newly Inserted on Apr. 13, 2021>

(2) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding five million won: <Amended on May 21, 2009; Jun. 4, 2010; Mar. 24, 2014; Nov. 28, 2017; Jan. 5, 2021; Apr. 13, 2021; May 18, 2021>

1. A person who fails to make a report or attend a meeting or who makes a fraudulent report, at the request of the Minister of Employment and Labor, the Labor Relations Commission, or a labor inspector pursuant to Article 13;

2. A person who violates Articles 14, 39, 41, 42, 48, 66, 74 (7) or (9), 76-3 (2), (4), (5), or (7), 91, 93, 98 (2), or 99;

3. A person who fails to report a wage conservation measures under Article 51-2 (5);

4. A person who refuses, obstructs, or evades a field survey by a labor inspector under Article 102 or a medical examination by a medical doctor entrusted by the labor inspector, who fails to make any of the required statements to the official questioning or makes false statements, or who fails to submit books or documents or submits false books or documents.

(3) An administrative fine under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be imposed and collected by the Minister of Employment and Labor as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Jun. 4, 2010; Apr. 13, 2021>

(4) Deleted. <May 21, 2009>

(5) Deleted. <May 21, 2009>

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