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Labor Standards Act — Article 25 (Preferential Reemployment)

근로기준법 제25조

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) When an employer who has dismissed an employee under Article 24 intends to hire, within three years of the date of the dismissal, any employee who will perform the same duty as the dismissed employee did at the time of such dismissal, he or she shall preferentially rehire the employee dismissed under Article 24, if the employee so desires.

(2) The Government shall take necessary measures for the dismissed employees under Article 24, such as stabilization of livelihood, reemployment, and vocational training, on a priority basis.

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