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KOR-1986-L-27216
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Minimum Wage Act (Act No. 3927 of 31 December 1986)
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Republic of Korea
Subjects (Classification)
Conditions of employment; Wages
Adopted on (Date of text)
1986-12-31
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Original title
최저임금법
Abstract/Citation
The Minimum Wage Law applies to all enterprises to which the Labor Standards Law applies. It requires the Minister of Labour in collaboration with the Minimum Wage Council, by November 30 of each year, to determine the minimum wage for each category of industry and each classification of worker therein. Article 7 exempts certain workers from coverage of the Act, including the physically and mentally handicapped and "other workers to whom it is recognized as inappropriate to apply the minimum wage."
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1986-12-31
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Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1987-07-01 (KOR-1987-R-64978)
Enforcement Decree of the Minimum Wage Act, 1987 (No. 12207).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line in Korean and English
Author
Korea Legislation Research Institute (KLRI), Korea Law Translation Centre (KLT)
URL
https://elaw.klri.re.kr/
File
KOR27216 Eng.pdf (PDF of Act in English as amended to Act No. 15666, jun. 12, 2018)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Labor Laws of Korea 1991
Publisher
Ministry of Labor
Country
Republic of Korea
Page range
pp. 61-68
Monograph title
Labor Laws of Korea 1998
Publisher
Ministry of Labor
Country
Republic of Korea
Page range
pp. 125-134
Monograph title
Labor Laws of Korea 2004
Publisher
Ministry of Labor
Country
Republic of Korea
Page range
pp. 183-192
Monograph title
Labor Laws of Korea 2007
Author
Ministry of Labor
Country
Republic of Korea
Volume
Part II
Page range
pp. 257-268