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Labor Standards Act — Article 33 (Charges for Compelling Compliance)

근로기준법 제33조

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) The Labor Relations Commission shall impose charges for compelling compliance not exceeding 30 million won on an employer who fails to comply with an order for remedy (including a retrial decision on the order for remedy; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply) within the deadline for complying with the order after such order is issued. <Amended on May 18, 2021>

(2) The Labor Relations Commission shall give the employer a prior notice in writing to the effect that the charge for compelling performance will be imposed and collected, by not later than 30 days before it is imposed pursuant to paragraph (1).

(3) The imposition of charge for compelling performance pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be made in writing specifying the amount of the charge for compelling performance, grounds for imposition, payment deadline, receiving institutions, methods of raising an objection, agency to which an objection may be raised, etc.

(4) The kinds of violation subject to the imposition of the charge for compelling performance under paragraph (1), amounts of imposition by the degree of violation, procedures for return of the charge for compelling performance imposed and collected, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(5) The Labor Relations Commission may impose and collect the charge for compelling performance provided for in paragraph (1) repeatedly within the limit of two times per year from the date when it issues the first order for remedy, until the order for remedy is complied with by the person subject to the order for remedy. In such cases, the charge for compelling performance shall not be imposed and collected for more than two years.

(6) The Labor Relations Commission shall not impose an additional charge for compelling performance if the order for remedy is complied with, but shall collect the charge for compelling performance already imposed before the order for remedy is complied with.

(7) If the person liable to pay the charge for compelling performance fails to pay it by the due date for payment, the Labor Relations Commission may urge him/her to pay it within a fixed period, and, if the charge for compelling performance provided for in paragraph (1) is not paid within the fixed period, collect it in the same manner as delinquent national taxes are collected.

(8) When the employer subject to the order for remedy fails to comply with it by the deadline for execution thereof, the employee concerned may inform the Labor Relations Commission thereof within 15 days after such deadline has expired.

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