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Labor Standards Act — Article 63 (Exclusion from Application)

근로기준법 제63조

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.

The provisions pertaining to work hours, recess, and holidays referred to in this Chapter and Chapter V shall not apply to an employee who falls under any one of the following subparagraphs: <Amended on Jun. 4, 2010; May 26, 2020; Jan. 5, 2021>

1. An employee engaged in cultivation or reclamation of land, seeding, cultivation, or collection of plants, or other agricultural and forestry work;

2. An employee engaged in breeding of animals, collection or catching of marine animals and plants, cultivation of marine products, or other cattle breeding, sericulture and fishery business;

3. An employee engaged in surveillance or intermittent work, whose employer has obtained the approval of the Minister of Employment and Labor;

4. An employee engaged in such business as prescribed by Presidential Decree.

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