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Occupational Safety and Health Act — Article 29 (Safety and health education for employees)

산업안전보건법 제29조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-10-01. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-08-01) — check the Korean original.

(1) A business owner shall regularly educate the employees on safety and health, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

(2) When a business owner employs an employee or changes the scope of the job of an employee, he or she shall provide the employee with the safety and health education necessary for the relevant job, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor; provided, this shall not apply where a daily construction worker who has completed the safety and health education referred to in Article 31(1) is employed. <Amended on Jun. 9, 2020>

(3) When a business owner employs an employee for a hazardous or risky job or requires any employee to newly take such job, he or she shall conduct the safety and health education necessary to take such hazardous or risky job, in addition to the safety and health education prescribed in paragraph (2), as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

(4) A business owner may entrust any safety and health education prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (3) to a safety and health educational institution registered with the Minister of Employment and Labor under Article 33.

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