(1) Every employer shall grant any employee who has worked not less than 80 percent of one year a paid leave of 15 days. <Amended on Feb. 1, 2012>
(2) Every employer shall grant any employee who has continuously worked for less than one year or who has worked less than 80 percent of one year one paid-leave day for each month during which he or she has continuously worked. <Amended on Feb. 1, 2012>
(3) Deleted. <Nov. 28, 2017>
(4) Every employer shall grant any employee who has continuously worked for not less than three years the paid-leave days that are calculated by adding one day for every two continuously working years not including the first one year to the 15 paid-leave days referred to in paragraph (1). In such cases, the total number of paid-leave days, including the additional paid-leave days, shall not exceed 25 days.
(5) Every employer shall grant the paid leave referred to in paragraphs (1) through (4) at the time when an employee files a claim therefor, and pay the employee an ordinary wage or an average wage during the period of paid leave as prescribed by the rules of employment, etc.: Provided, That in the event that granting the employee a paid leave at the time when such employee wants to take the paid leave greatly impedes the business operation, the relevant employer may change the time of the paid leave.
(6) In applying paragraphs (1) and (2), any of the following periods shall be deemed the period of attendance at work: <Amended on Feb. 1, 2012; Nov. 28, 2017; Oct. 22, 2024>
1. Period during which an employee takes time off due to any injury or sickness arising out of duty;
2. Period during which a woman in pregnancy takes time off due to the leave under Article 74 (1) through (3);
3. Period during which an employee takes time off on child-care leave under Article 19 (1) of the Equal Employment Opportunity and Work-Family Balance Assistance Act.
4. Working hours reduced by using reduced working hours for a period of childcare under Article 19-2 (1) of the Equal Employment Opportunity and Work-Family Balance Assistance Act;
5. Working hours reduced by using reduced working hours during pregnancy under Article 74 (7).
(7) The paid leave referred to in paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) shall, if it is not taken for one year (the paid leave under paragraph (2) of an employee who has continuously worked for less than one year refers to the period until the end of the first one year of employment), be terminated by time limitation: Provided, That the same shall not apply where the paid leave is not taken for reasons attributable to the employer. <Amended on Mar. 31, 2020>