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Labor Standards Act — Article 71 (Overtime Work)

근로기준법 제71조

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.

No employer shall have any women, for whom one year has not passed after childbirth, work overtime in excess of two hours per day, six hours per week, and 150 hours per year, even if thus provided by a collective agreement. <Amended on Mar. 20, 2018>

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