Article 1 (Purpose)

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of for persons with disabilities so that they may live a decent live through work suited to their abilities.

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Article 2 (Definitions)

The definitions of terms as used in this Act shall be as follows:

1. “Handicapped” means those who, because of physical or mental disability, are subject to considerable restriction in their working lives for a long period of time, as more fully defined in the Presidential Decree;

2. “Vocational rehabilitation” means to make disabled persons strive for self-support in their working lives through taking measures for them provided in this Act, such as vocational guidance, vocational training, introduction of employment and otherwise;

3. “Business owner” means a person who carries on a business using workers; and

4. “Worker” means a person as prescribed in Article 14 of the Labor Standards Act.

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Article 3 (Responsibilities of State and Local Governments)

(1) The State and local governments shall continually promote education, publicity and employment promotion campaigns for disabled persons, in order to enhance the understanding of employers and the general public on the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons.
(2) The State and local governments shall take measures for vocational rehabilitation that considers the characteristics of disabled persons, and for providing support to employers, disabled persons and other related persons, and for comprehensively and effectively implement policies necessary for promoting the employment of disabled persons. In this case, the State and local governments shall lay stress on the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of persons with severe disabilities and female disabled persons.

Article 4 (State Liability)

(1) The State may finance each year part of the expenses required for projects for the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons from its general account.
(2) The State shall actively support each year the expenses required for executing projects for the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons within the limits of its budgets.

Article 5 (Obligations of Employers)

(1) Employers shall have the obligation to cooperate with the government in implementing policies on the employment of disabled persons, provide them with employment opportunities by evaluating their abilities fairly, and conduct employment management for them in a proper way.
(2) Employers shall not discriminate against any worker in personnel management, such as hiring, promotion, transfer, education and training, etc., merely on the ground that the worker is a disabled person.
(3), (4) <2017.11.28.>

Article 5-2 of the Act (Education to Improve Awareness of Persons with Disabilities in the Workplace)

① The employer must create a stable working environment for workers with disabilities by educating against prejudice in the workplace against those with disabilities.
② The employer and workers shall receive education to improve awareness of those with disabilities pursuant to paragraph 1.
③ The Minister of Employment and Labor may inspect whether education has taken place according to paragraphs 1 and 2.
④ The Minister of Employment and Labor shall develop and distribute educational materials to ensure that workplace education on improving awareness of persons with disabilities is carried out pursuant to paragraph 1.
⑤ The content, methods, and number of educational sessions pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be set by Presidential Decree. [This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 15110, Nov. 28, 2017]

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Article 3 (Education to Improve Awareness of Persons with Disabilities)

① The employer shall refer education to an institution designated by the Minister of Employment and Labor (hereinafter an ""educational institution to improve awareness of persons with disabilities"").
② The head of the educational institution to improve awareness of persons with disabilities shall provide education as defined by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, and shall keep educational data for three years.
③ Educational institutions to improve awareness of persons with disabilities shall have at least one instructor designated by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
④ The Minister of Employment and Labor may cancel the designation if any of the following clauses apply to the educational institution to improve awareness of persons with disabilities: Provided, if clause 1 applies, the designation shall certainly be cancelled.
1. If the designation was gained by false or other unjust means
2. If the instructor in paragraph 3 is not kept for more than 6 months without good reason
⑤ If the Minister of Employment and Labor seeks to cancel the designation of an educational institution to improve awareness of persons with disabilities in accordance with paragraph 4, the Minister must call a hearing to do so.

Article 6 (Self-Reliance Efforts of Disabled Persons, etc.)

(1) Every disabled person shall make efforts to become a self-reliant competent career person by striving to develop and enhance his/her abilities with self-consciousness as a career person.
(2) Family members or guardians of disabled persons shall cooperate with the government in implementing policies for disabled persons, and make active efforts to promote the self-reliance of disabled persons.

Article 7 (Basic Plans, etc. for Employment Promotion and Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall, in consultation with the head of a related central administrative agency, devise a basic plan for the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons (hereinafter referred to as a “framework plan”) .
(2) The following matters shall be contained in the basic plan under paragraph (1)：
1. Evaluation of the immediately previous framework plan;
2. Matters concerning the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons;
3. Matters concerning the fund for the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons under Article 68;
4. Matters concerning the installation and operation of, and support to, facilities for disabled persons;
5. Other matters that the Minister of Employment and Labor considers necessary for the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons.
(3) Important matters concerning the basic plan under paragraph (1) and the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons shall be subject to deliberation by the Employment Policy Council (hereinafter referred to as “Employment Policy Council”) under Article 10 of the Framework Act on Employment Policy.
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(6) Deleted.

Article 8 (Coordination with Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health and Welfare)

(1) The Minister of Education shall, if it is deemed necessary for the employment promotion of persons subject to special education under the Act on Special Education for Disabled Persons, etc., consult with the Minister of Employment and Labor on the contents, etc. of vocational education.
(2) The Minister of Health and Welfare shall closely cooperate with the Minister of Employment and Labor to ensure the efficient implementation of vocational rehabilitation projects, etc.
<Title of This Article Amended by Act No. 8852, Feb. 29, 2008 and Act No. 9932, Jan. 18, 2010>

Article 9 (Vocational Rehabilitation Institutes for Disabled Persons)

(1) Every institution responsible for the execution of vocational rehabilitation of persons with disabilities (hereinafter referred to as the "vocational rehabilitation institution") shall develop various projects for the vocational rehabilitation of persons with disabilities and provide them directly, and make full efforts to execute the vocational rehabilitation particularly with an aim of enhancing self-supporting abilities of persons with severe disabilities.

(2) Each vocational rehabilitation institution shall fall under any of the following categories:

1. Special educational institutions for persons with disabilities under subparagraph 10 of Article 2 of the Act on Special Education for Persons with Disabilities, Etc.;

2. Local community rehabilitation facilities for persons with disabilities under Article 58 (1) 2 of the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities;

3. Vocational rehabilitation facilities for persons with disabilities under Article 58 (1) 3 of the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities;

4. Welfare organizations for persons with disabilities under Article 63 of the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities;

5. Vocational skills development training establishments under subparagraph 3 of Article 2 of the Act on the Development of Vocational Skills of Workers;

6. Other institutions that the Minister of Employment and Labor recognizes as being capable of performing vocational rehabilitation projects for persons with disabilities, which shall be specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

Article 10 (Vocational Guidance)

(1) In order to enable disabled persons to find jobs suited to their abilities, the Minister of Employment and Labor and the Minister or Health and Welfare shall conduct job counseling, job aptitude tests, and evaluation of vocational skills, and provide vocational guidance, such as furnishing employment information, etc.
(2) In order to enable disabled persons to have a working life suited to their abilities, the Minister of Employment and Labor and the Minister of Health and Welfare shall endeavor to develop types of jobs suitable for disabled persons.
(3) If special professional knowledge and technology are deemed necessary for providing vocational guidance under paragraph (1), the Minister of Employment and Labor and the Minister of Health and Welfare may request a related specialized institute, such as rehabilitation institutes, etc., to provide such guidance and pay the relevant expenses.
(4) The Minister of Employment and Labor and the Minister of Health and Welfare may provide loans or subsidies for the expenses incurred by any person who provides or intends to provide vocational guidance.
(5) Necessary matters concerning criteria for the payment of, and loans or subsidies for, expenses under paragraphs (3) and (4) shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

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Article 11 (Vocational Adaptation Training)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor and the Minister of Health and Welfare may, if deemed necessary to enable disabled persons to have a working life suited to their expectations, aptitude, abilities, etc., provide vocational adaptation training for their adaptation to a working environment.
(2) The Minister of Employment and Labor and the Minister of Health and Welfare may, if deemed necessary for the efficient implementation of vocational adaptation training under paragraph (1), determine separate training standards, etc.
(3) In order to develop and improve the vocational skills of disabled persons, the Minister of Employment and Labor and the Minister of Health and Welfare may provide loans or subsidies to a person who installs and operates, or intends to install and operate a vocational adaptation training facility or training courses to cover the required expenses (including training expenses).
(4) The Minister of Employment and Labor and the Minister or Health and Welfare may provide training allowances to disabled persons who receive vocational adaptation training at a vocational adaptation training facility.
(5) Necessary matters concerning the criteria for loans and subsidies and for the payment of training allowances, etc. under paragraphs (3) and (4) shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

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Article 12 (Vocational Skills Development Training)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall provide vocational skills development training for disabled persons so that they can have a working life suited to their expectations, aptitude, abilities, etc.
(2) In order to develop and improve the vocational skills of disabled persons, the Minister of Employment and Labor may provide loans or subsidies to a person who installs and operates or intends to install and operate, a vocational skills development training facility or training courses to cover the required expenses (including training expenses).
(3) The Minister of Employment and Labor may provide training allowances to a disabled person who receives vocational skills development training at a vocational skills development training facility.
(4) Necessary matters concerning the criteria for loans and subsidies and for the payment of training allowances, etc. under paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

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Article 13 (Supportive Employment)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor and the Minister of Health and Welfare shall implement a supportive employment system and provide required supports, in order to enable persons with severe disabilities who may have difficulties in performing their duties in a business place run by an employer to fulfill their duties.
(2) Necessary matters concerning the contents of, and standards, etc. for, the support under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

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Article 14 (Sheltered Employment)

The State and local governments shall furnish a specific working environment for disabled persons who may hardly work under normal working conditions, and implement a sheltered employment system so as for such persons to be able to work in the relevant working environment.

Article 15 (Job Placement, etc.)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall arrange a job suitable for a disabled person on the basis of employment information and in consideration of his/her expectations, aptitude, abilities, type of job, etc.
(2) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall devise policies for the employment promotion of disabled persons in order to enable them to become self-reliant through working life.
(3) The Minister of Employment and Labor may, if it is necessary for job placement and employment promotion under paragraphs (1) and (2), request related specialized agencies such as rehabilitation institutes, etc., to carry out part of his/her business, and pay the relevant expenses.
(4) The Minister of Employment and Labor may provide loans or subsidies to a person who installs and operates, or intends to install and operate a job placement facility to cover the required expenses (including subsidies for job placement).
(5) Necessary matters concerning the payment of expenses and the criteria for loans and subsidies under paragraphs (3) and (4) shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

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Article 16 (Coordination, etc. between Job Placement Agencies)

(1) In order to expand employment opportunities for disabled persons, the Minister of Employment and Labor shall take such measures as building a computer network for job placement to ensure efficient coordination between rehabilitation institutes providing job placement services with regard to exchanges of information on job seekers and job offerers, and management of disabled workers, and to enable the Korea Employment Agency for the Disabled under Article 43 to perform the comprehensive and centralized management thereof.
(2) When taking such measures as building a job placement computer network, etc. under paragraph (1), the Minister of Employment and Labor shall ensure coordination with the employment security agencies under subparagraph 1 of Article 2-2 of the Employment Security Act.

Article 17 (Support for Self-employed Disabled Persons)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may provide loans to a disabled person who intends to run a business independently for the necessary costs of establishing an enterprise or lease him/her a place to do the business.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of the State Properties Act, the yearly rental fee for a place of business under paragraph (1) shall be an amount obtained by multiplying the value of the property concerned by 10/1000 or more, as determined by the Minister of Employment and Labor, and may be calculated on a monthly or daily basis.
(3) Necessary matters concerning the criteria, etc. for loans or lease under paragraph (1) and (2) shall be prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

Article 18 (Support for Disabled Workers)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may provide loans to a disabled worker as necessary for his/her stable working life.
(2) Necessary matters concerning the criteria for loans under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

Article 19 (Post-employment Adaptation Guidance)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor and the Minister of Health and Welfare shall, if deemed necessary for the employment security of disabled persons, provide disabled persons employed in a workplace with guidance necessary for adapting themselves to their working environments.
(2) Necessary matters concerning the details, etc. of guidance under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

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Article 19-2 (Provision of Personal Assistance Services)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may provide necessary services, such as sending a person who assists persons with severe disabilities in their working life, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “personal assistant”), so that persons with severe disabilities can lead a working life in a stable and sustainable manner.
(2) Necessary matters concerning the selection of those eligible for personal assistance services and cancellation thereof, the method of providing personal assistance services, etc., shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.
<This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 10460, Mar. 9, 2011>

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Article 20 (Employment Guidance to Employers)

The Minister of Employment and Labor shall, if deemed necessary for the employers who employ or intend to employ disabled persons, provide them with guidance on technical matters concerning employment, placement, work aids, work equipments, working environments and other matters concerning the employment management of disabled persons.

Article 21 (Support for Employers who Employ Disabled Persons)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may provide loans or subsidies to an employer who employs or intends to employ disabled persons for the expenses or equipment described in any of the following subparagraphs and needed for the employment of disabled persons. In this case, an employer who employs or intends to employ persons with severe disabilitiess or disabled women shall be preferentially treated：
1. Expenses incurred for the purchase, installment, repair, etc. of necessary facilities and equipment for the employment of disabled persons；
2. Work assistance engineering instrument, equipment etc. needed for working life of disabled persons；
3. Expenses incurred for the placement of counsellors for working life of disabled persons, work instructors, Korean sign language interpreters, readers, etc. for the proper employment management of disabled persons；and
4. Other expenses or equipment equivalent to those under subparagraphs (1) through (3) as necessary for the employment of disabled persons.
(2) Necessary matters concerning the criteria, etc. for loans or subsidies under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

Article 22 (Support for Standard Workplace for Disabled Persons)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may provide loans or subsidies to an employer who establishes and operates or intends to establish and operate a standard workplace for disabled persons to cover the expenses necessary for the establishment and operation.
(2) When providing loans or subsidies pursuant to paragraph (1), the Minister of Employment and Labor shall preferentially treat employers prescribed in any of the following subparagraphs：
1. Employers who employ or intend to employ persons with severe disabilitiess or disabled women；and
2. Employers who establish and operate or intend to establish a standard workplace for disabled persons through the active participation of a community by receiving support from a local government or finance from a non-profit corporation or other private companies, etc.
(3) If an employer who has the obligation to employ disabled persons pursuant to Article 28 (1) has actual control over a standard workplace for disabled persons in terms of the criteria prescribed by the Presidential Decree, such as the total number of issued stocks, total amount of investment, etc., when applying Articles 28, 29 and 33, the workers employed at the standard workplace for disabled persons shall be included in the number of workers employed by the employer (however, the number of disabled persons excluding women and the severely disabled means a half of the total number, and the figure shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number) and the standard workplace for disabled persons concerned shall be considered a workplace of the employer concerned.
(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), if not less than two employers obligated to employ disabled persons own or invest in the stocks of a standard workplace for disabled persons, the number of workers corresponding to their respective ownership or investment percentages (the figure shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number) shall be included in the number of workers employed by each employer：Provided that if among not less than two employers obligated to employ disabled persons, there is an actually controlling employer specified in paragraph (3), the number of workers excluding the number of workers corresponding to the percentage by which the other employers own or invest in the stocks shall be included in the number of workers employed by the actually controlling employer.
(5) The Minister of Employment and Labor may request necessary cooperation from the heads of central administrative agencies, local governments, public institutions, etc., under Article 4 of the Act on the Management of Public Institutions, such as by asking them to preferentially purchase the goods produced by standard workplaces for disabled persons, etc.
(6) Necessary matters concerning the criteria, etc. for loans or subsidies under paragraph (1) and (2) shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

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Article 22-2 (Special Cases Related to Prohibition of Unfair Trade Practices)

(1) If an employer who substantially dominates a standard workplace for disabled persons pursuant to Article 22 (3) provides support to the affected standard workplace for disabled persons on a reasonable basis disclosed in advance as prescribed by Presidential Decree, it shall not be considered an Unfair Trade Practice pursuant to subparagraph 7 of Article 23 (1) of the Act on Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade.
<This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 11570, Dec. 18, 2012>

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Article 22-3 (Preferential Purchasing of Products from a Standard Workplace for Disabled Persons)

(1) When signing a contract for goods and services, the head of a public institution pursuant to subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Act on Facilitation of Purchase of Small and Medium Enterprise-Manufactured Products and Support for Development of Their Markets (hereinafter in this Article referred to as “public institution”) shall preferentially purchase goods and services produced and provided by a standard workplace for disabled persons (hereinafter referred to as “products from a standard workplace for disabled persons”).
(2) The head of a public institution shall submit plans to purchase products from a standard workplace for disabled persons and records of actual purchases made the previous year to the Minister of Employment and Labor as prescribed by Presidential Decree. In this case, presented in the plans shall be the target business for purchase of products from a standard workplace for disabled persons corresponding to the ratio determined by the Minister of Employment and Labor or more within the limits of 1/100 of the amount of total purchases of each public institution.
(3) The head of a public institution may purchase products from a standard workplace for disabled persons through a private contract. In this case, procedure and method, etc. of such private contract shall be governed by a relevant Act or subordinate statute including the Act on Contracts to which the State is a Party, etc.
(4) Records of actual purchases of products from a standard workplace for disabled persons shall be included by the head of the public institution when appraising such a workplace to the relevant institution, etc.
(5) In the interest of checking on implementation of purchase plans, the Minister of Employment and Labor may ask the head of the public institution to submit records of actual purchase of products from a standard workplace for disabled persons. In this case, the head of the public institution shall comply with the request unless there is a special reason not to do so.
(6) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall post the purchase record for the previous year and the purchase plan for the relevant year submitted by the heads of public institutions pursuant to paragraph (2) on the website of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.
<This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 11570, Dec. 18, 2012>

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Article 22-4 (Certification and Repudiation of Certification of Standard Workplace for Disabled Persons)

(1) A person who is willing to operate a standard workplace for disabled persons shall prepare the standards of subparagraph 8 of Article (2) and receive certification from the Minister of Employment and Labor.
(2) If any of the following subparagraphs apply to the standard workplace for disabled persons, the Minister of Employment and Labor may repudiate the certification pursuant to paragraph (1). Provided that, if subparagraph 1 applies, the certification shall be repudiated：
1. Where certification is received in false or other fraudulent ways；
2. Where standards of subparagraph 8 of Article (2) are not met；
3. Where the Minister of Employment and Labor is requested to repudiate certification for unavoidable managerial reasons.
(3) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall make an announcement when certifying standard workplaces for disabled persons pursuant to paragraph (1) or repudiating certification pursuant to paragraph (2).
(4) Necessary matters including method and procedure for certification and repudiation of certification of a standard workplace for disabled persons pursuant to paragraph (1) and (2), etc., shall be prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
(5) A person who has not received certification pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not use “standard workplace for disabled persons” or a similar term.
(6) A person who has received certification pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not make any other person to operate the standard workplace for disabled persons in the certification-receiver’s own name or company name or lend the certification to another person.
<This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 11570, Dec. 18, 2012>

Article 23 (Collection of Unlawful Loans or Subsidies, etc., and Restrictions on Payment)

(1) In the event that any of the following subparagraphs apply to a person who has received loans or subsidies in accordance with Article 21 and 22, the Minister of Employment and Labor shall annul the concerned loans or support and collect the relevant amount of money or an amount of money equivalent to the support：
1. Where he/she has received the loans or subsidies in a false or other fraudulent ways；and
2. Where the loans or support were repeatedly made by the State or local government (including entrusted institutes) for the same reason；
3. Where no correction is made after receiving two or more correction requests pursuant to paragraph (2) for the same reason；
4. Where a request for cancelation of loans or support is made.
(2) The Minister of Employment and Labor may designate a certain period and ask for correction if any of the following subparagraphs apply to a person who has received loans or support pursuant to Article 21 or Article 22：
1. Where conditions for loans and support are not implemented；
2. Where loans and subsidies are not administered for the purpose prescribed in any subparagraph of Article 21 (1), 21 (2) and 22 (1)；
3. Cases which are determined and announced by the Minister of Employment and Labor.
(3) If a person commits any act in any subparagraph of paragraph (1), the Minister of Employment and Labor may restrict loans or subsidies for three years from the date on which such an act is committed.
(4) Matters necessary for cancelation, collection, correction requests and restrictions on payment, etc., shall be determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
<This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 11570, Dec. 18, 2012>

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Article 24 (Preferential Treatment of Excellent Employers who Employ Disabled Persons)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may select those employers setting a model of employing disabled persons as excellent employers employing disabled persons, and take such measures as supporting their business, etc. (hereinafter referred to as the “preferential treatment”). "(2) The State, local governments and public institutions as determined in Article 4 of the Act on the Management of Public Institutions may give priority to good business proprietors employing persons with disabilities when concluding a contract for goods or services.
(3) Necessary matters concerning the selection, preferential treatment, etc. of such good business proprietors in the employment of persons with disabilities under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

Article 24 (Preferential Treatment of Excellent Employers who Employ Disabled Persons)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may select those employers setting a model of employing disabled persons as excellent employers employing disabled persons, and take such measures as supporting their business, etc. (hereinafter referred to as the “preferential treatment”).
(2) Necessary matters concerning the selection, preferential treatment, etc. of excellent employers employing disabled persons under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

Article 24 (Preferential Treatment of Excellent Employers who Employ Disabled Persons)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may select those employers setting a model of employing disabled persons as excellent employers employing disabled persons, and take such measures as supporting their business, etc. (hereinafter referred to as the “preferential treatment”).
(2) Necessary matters concerning the selection, preferential treatment, etc. of excellent employers employing disabled persons under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

Article 25 (Provision of Data to Employers)

The Minister of Employment and Labor shall provide employers who employ or intend to employ disabled persons with information and other data on such matters as the physical and mental conditions, vocational skills, etc. of disabled persons.

Article 26 (Survey on Actual Status of Disabled Persons)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall, for the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons, conduct a nationwide survey every year on the actual status of the employment conditions of disabled persons, such as types of jobs, forms of labor, length of continued service, levels of wages, etc., and the actual status of disabled workers’ industrial accidents.
(2) Matters to be included in the survey on the actual state as prescribed in paragraph (1) and the survey methods and procedures shall be determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
<This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 8507, Jul. 13, 2007>

Article 26-2 (Holding of Skills Competitions for Disabled Persons)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor and the Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan Autonomous City Mayor, Do Governor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor may hold a skills competition for disabled persons for the purpose of calling the attention of the society and enterprises to the employment of disabled persons and enhancing the skills of disabled persons.
(2) The Minister of Employment and Labor may partially subsidize the cost necessary to hold a skills competition for disabled persons prescribed in paragraph (1).
(3) Matters necessary for participating in and holding a skills competition for disabled persons prescribed in paragraph (1), including the qualifications for participation, etc., shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 14789, Apr. 18, 2017]

Article 26-3 (Holding of International Abilympics, etc.)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may dispatch a team of players to the International Abilympics, or hold the event in the Republic of Korea, in order to enhance the skills of disabled persons through international exchange and to promote their social participation.
(2) Matters necessary for participating in and holding the International Abilympics prescribed in paragraph (1), including the criteria for selecting players to participate in the International Abilympics, etc., shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(3) Where it is necessary to prepare for and operate the International Abilympics prescribed in paragraph (1) to be held in the Republic of Korea, the Minister of Employment and Labor may request administrative and financial support from the relevant central administrative agencies, local governments, and corporations, institutions and organizations such as public institutions prescribed in the Act on the Management of Public Institutions.
<This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 14789, Apr. 18, 2017>

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Article 27 (Obligation of State and Local Governments to Employ Disabled Persons)

(1) The State and the heads of local governments shall employ persons with disabilities at least at the ratio according to the following classification in proportion to the fixed number of public officials under his, her, or its jurisdiction:

1. From January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021: 34/1,000;

2. From January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 : 36/1,000.

3. After 2024 : 38/1000

(2) Where the heads of agencies of the State or local governments (hereinafter referred to as "agencies of various levels") conduct examinations for new employment, they shall ensure that persons with disabilities are employed at least at the applicable ratio according to the subparagraphs of paragraph (1) for the relevant year in proportion to the total number of persons to be newly employed (where the number of public officials with disabilities currently in service accounts for less than the applicable ratio according to the subparagraphs of paragraph (1) for the relevant year, twice such applicable rate).

(3) Paragraph (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis where the head of a government agency with delegated power for employment and appointment recruits public officials without publicly offering such job opportunities.

(4) Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to public officials in the occupational group of public security service, public prosecutors, police officers, fire officers, public officials in security guard service, military personnel, etc.: Provided, That the State and the heads of local governments shall also strive to employ persons with disabilities as public officials in the occupational group of public security service as set forth in the main sentence of this paragraph.

(5) The maximum age limit for application for examinations and invitations for employment under paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be extended by three years for persons with severe disabilities, and by two years for other persons with disabilities, respectively.

(6) The head of any of the following agencies shall submit his or her plan to employ public officials with disabilities for subordinate agencies in various levels, including a plan to employ public officials and the status of implementation to the Minister of Employment and Labor, as prescribed by Presidential Decree:

1. The heads of State agencies determined by Presidential Decree, such as the Secretary General of the National Assembly, the Minister of National Court Administration, the Secretary General of the Department of Court Administration of the Constitutional Court, the Secretary General of the National Election Commission, and heads of central administrative;

2. The heads of local governments referred to in the Local Autonomy Act;

3. The superintendents of the offices of education referred to in the Local Education Autonomy Act.

(7) If a plan to employ public officials with disabilities submitted under paragraph (6) is deemed inappropriate, the Minister of Employment and Labor may request the person who submitted such a plan to revise it, and if the obligation to employ persons with disabilities under paragraph (1) is substantially neglected, he or she may publish the details thereof.

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Article 28 (Mandatory Employment of Disabled Persons by Employers)

(1) An employer who ordinarily employs not less than 50 workers (an employer whose value of construction work is equal to or higher than the amount determined and announced by the Minister of Employment and Labor, if it is difficult to identify the number of workers in the construction business) shall employ disabled persons at a ratio (any fraction less than one shall be discarded) equal to or higher than the ratio prescribed by the Presidential Decree (hereinafter referred to as “mandatory employment ratio”) within the extent of five percent of the total number of workers (if it is difficult to identify the total number of workers in the construction business, the total number of workers shall be calculated by converting the value of construction work, as prescribed by the Presidential Decree).
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), with respect to job types deemed suited to the abilities of specific disabled persons, the relevant employment ratio may be separately prescribed by the Presidential Decree. In this case, such ratio shall not be considered the mandatory employment ratio.
(3) The mandatory employment ratio shall be set every five years after taking into account the ratio of disabled persons to total population, the ratio of disabled workers to the total number of workers, the number of disabled persons without jobs, etc.
(4) Necessary matters concerning the calculation of the number of workers ordinarily employed and the value of construction work in the construction business under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

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Article 28-2 (Special Case Concerning Mandatory Employment Ratio of Disabled Persons in Public Institutions)

Notwithstanding Article 28, public institutions prescribed in the Act on the Management of Public Institutions, local government-invested public corporations and local government public corporations prescribed in the Local Public Enterprises Act, and local government-invested institutions and local government-funded institutions referred to in the Act on the Operation of Institutions Provided with Investments or Funds by Local Governments shall employ disabled persons at least at the rate according to the following classification in proportion to the total number of their regular employees. In such cases, numbers below the decimal shall be rounded off in calculating the number of disabled persons equivalent to the mandatory employment rate:
1. From January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018: 32/1,000;
2. From 2019: 34/1,000.
<This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 14500, Dec. 27, 2016>

Article 28-3 (Special Case Concerning Calculation of Number of Disabled Persons to Be Employed)

In the case of calculating the number of disabled persons to be employed pursuant to Articles 27, 28, 28-2, 29, 33, and 79, the employment of a persons with severe disabilities shall be regarded as the employment of two disabled persons：Provided that persons with severe disabilities whose contractual working hours are less than what is prescribed by the Presidential Decree shall be excluded.
<This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 9791, Oct. 9, 2009>

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Article 29 (Establishment, etc. of Plans for Employment of Disabled Persons by Employers)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may order employers to prepare and submit a plan for the employment of disabled persons and a report on the status of implementation thereof, under the conditions as prescribed by the Presidential Decree.
(2) The Minister of Employment and Labor may, if a plan under paragraph (1) is deemed inadequate, order the employer to revise it.
(3) If an employer under Article 28 (1) fails to perform substantially, without justifiable reasons, his/her obligation to establish a plan for the employment of disabled persons or to employ disabled persons, the Minister of Employment and Labor may publish the details of such failure to the general public.

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Article 30 (Payment of Subsidy for Employing Disabled Persons)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may pay an employment subsidy to any employer who employs disabled persons (including employers to whom Article 28 (1) does not apply) for the employment promotion and job security of disabled persons.
(2) The amount of the employment subsidy shall be an amount obtained by subtracting the total number of disabled persons to be employed at the mandatory employment ratio (the same ratio shall be applied in paying an employment subsidy to an employer not subject to Article 28 (1)) from the total number of disabled workers (the figure shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number) employed ordinarily each month and then multiplying the resulting number by the payment unit under paragraph (3)：Provided that in case where the employer shall pay contributory charges under Article 33, the amount of subsidy shall be obtained by subtracting such charges.
(3) The payment unit and period of the employment subsidy may be set otherwise but within the amount of minimum wages calculated monthly by the Minister of Employment and Labor in accordance with the Minimum Wages Act, after taking into account the basic amount of contributory charges under Article 33 (3), whether to apply the obligation to pay contributory charges, the wages paid to the disabled worker, the employment period, the degree of disability, etc., In this case, a preferential payment unit and period shall apply to persons with severe disabilities and disabled women.
(4) For disabled workers eligible for grants and subsidies under the Employment Insurance Act and the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act and other disabled workers prescribed by the Presidential Decree, including those receiving support from the State or local governments for their employment promotion and job security, the payment of the employment subsidy may be restricted under the conditions as prescribed by the Presidential Decree.
(5) Necessary matters concerning the payment of and application for the employment subsidy under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree, and the payment period, procedures, etc., shall be determined by the Minister of Employment and Labor.

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Article 32-2 (Payment of Contributory Charges by the State, Local Government, etc. for failure to employ persons with Disabilities)

(1) Of those institutions to whom every subparagraph of Article 27 paragraph (6) applies, the head of an institution whose employment rate of persons with disabilities does not meet the mandatory employment rate as prescribed in paragraph (1) of the same Article shall pay a contributory charge for employment of persons with disabilities (hereinafter referred to as “contributory charge”) to the Minister of Employment and Labor on a yearly basis.
(2) With regards to payment of this contributory charge, paragraphs (2) through (11) of Article 33, Article 33-2, Articles 34 through 36, Articles 38 through 40, Article 41 (paragraph (1) subparagraph 6 and paragraph (2) subparagraph 6 are excluded) shall apply mutatis mutandis. In such cases, the “business proprietor” shall be deemed “the head of the agency as prescribed in every subparagraph of Article 27 paragraph (6),” the “mandatory employment rate” “mandatory employment rate as prescribed in Article 27 paragraph (1),” the “workers” as “civil servants.

Article 31 (Collection of Undue Benefits and Restrictions on Payment)

(1) In the event that any person who has received an employment subsidy in accordance with Article 30 falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the Minister of Employment and Labor shall collect the amount paid under the respective subparagraphs：Provided that in case of subparagraph 1, an amount prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor but not exceeding five times the amount paid shall be collected additionally：
1. Where he has received the employment subsidy in a false or any other fraudulent way；and
2. Where the employment subsidy has been paid by mistake.
(2) In executing additional collection under the proviso to paragraph (1) in the part other than each subparagraph, a person who reports voluntarily his/her fraudulent conduct within three months of the date on which he/she applies for employment subsidy in a false or any other fraudulent way may be exempted from such additional collection.
(3) With respect to any person who has received or attempted to receive an employment subsidy in a false or any other fraudulent way, the Minister of Employment and Labor shall restrict the payment of any employment subsidy to him/her for one year：Provided that this shall not apply if three years have passed since the employment subsidy was received.
(4) In applying paragraph (3), the period during which the payment of an employment subsidy is restricted shall be counted from the day when the Minister of Employment and Labor restricts that payment.

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Article 32 (Reward)

A person who reports or informs on a person who receives the employment subsidy referred to in Article 30 in a false or other fraudulent ways to a local employment and labor office, the Korea Employment Agency for the Disabled under Article 43 or an investigation agency shall be entitled to receive a reward, as prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

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Article 33 (Payment of Contributory Charges Concerning Employment of Disabled Persons)

(1) A business owner who employs persons with disabilities (excluding business owners who regularly employ not exceeding 100 employees), but fails to meet the mandatory employment ratio shall pay a contributory charge to the Minister of Employment and Labor each year, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(2) The amount of contributory charges shall be the annual aggregate of the amount calculated by multiplying the total number of persons with disabilities whom the business owner is obligated to employ at the mandatory employment ratio less the number of persons with disabilities regularly employed each month by the base amount of contributory charges set forth in paragraph (3).

(3) The base amount of contributory charges shall be determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Employment and Labor, to an extent not less than 60/100 of the minimum wage calculated on a monthly basis under the Minimum Wage Act, subject to deliberation by the Employment Policy Deliberative Council, on the basis of average expenses incurred each month in employing persons with disabilities, as specified in the following, but may be increased according to the employment ratio of persons with disabilities (which means the ratio of the total number of persons with disabilities employed, to the total number of employees regularly employed each month) within up to one half of the base amount of contributory charges: Provided, That the base amount of contributory charges to be paid by a business owner shall be the minimum wage calculated on a monthly basis under the Minimum Wage Act for the month in which at least one person with disabilities is not regularly employed:

1. Expenses incurred in installing and repairing facilities and equipment required for the employment of persons with disabilities;

2. Expenses incurred in taking measures necessary for the proper management of employment of persons with disabilities;

3. Other expenses incurred particularly in employing persons with disabilities.

(4) The Minister of Employment and Labor may reduce or exempt the contributory charge payable by a standardized workplace for persons with disabilities that obtains certification prescribed in Article 22-4 (1), or a business owner that awards a contract to vocational rehabilitation facilities for persons with disabilities prescribed in Article 58 (1) 3 of the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities to be supplied with the products thereby manufactured by such facilities.

(5) Any business owner shall prepare and declare matters prescribed by Presidential Decree and necessary for calculating contributory charges and pay the contributory charge for the pertinent year to the Minster of Employment and Labor by no later than January 31 of the following year (within 60 days from the date he or she discontinues or closes his or her business during the year).

(6) Where a business owner fails to declare by time limit set forth in paragraph (5), the Minister of Employment and Labor may investigate the business to collect the contributory charge.

(7) Where a business owner who has declared or paid a contributory charge under paragraph (5) (including where he or she has filed a revised declaration prescribed in paragraph (8); hereafter in this Article the same shall apply), falls under any of the following, the Minister of Employment and Labor may investigate the relevant matters and collect the amount of the contributory charge payable by the relevant business owner:

1. Where the amount of a contributory charge declared by a business owner falls short of the actual amount payable by him or her;

2. Where the amount of a contributory charge paid by a business owner falls short of the amount of the contributory charge declared by him or her;

3. Where a business owner has failed to pay the amount of a contributory charge he or she has declared.

(8) Where the amount of a contributory charge a business owner has declared under paragraph (5) is less than the actual amount of the contributory charge payable by him or her, he or she may file a revised declaration and pay the difference by the end of February of the relevant year, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(9) Where the amount of a contributory charge a business owner has paid is greater than the actual amount of the contributory charge payable by him or her, the Minister of Employment and Labor shall refund the amount calculated by adding the amount of interest computed by applying the interest rate prescribed by Presidential Decree to the excess amount, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(10) The contributory charge may be paid in installments, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. In such cases, where the contributory charge payable in installments is fully paid by the time limit for payment set forth in paragraph (5), a certain amount prescribed by Presidential Decree may be deductible by up to 5/100 of the amount of the contributory charge.

(11) Matters necessary for the standards of contracts under paragraph (4), and other requisites, criteria, etc. for the reduction or exemption of the contributory charge shall be determined by the Minister of Employment and Labor.

Article 33-2 (Payment of Contributory Charges, etc. with Credit Cards, etc.)

(1) A person obliged to pay a contributory charge or any other charge under this Act (hereafter in this Article referred to as “contributory charge, etc.”) may pay a contributory charge, etc. with a credit card, debit card, etc. (hereafter in this Article referred to as “credit card, etc.”) through a credit card company, etc., permitted by Presidential Decree to provide the service for vicarious payment of contributory charges, etc. (hereafter in this Article referred to as “service provider for payment of contributory charges, etc.”).
(2) Where a contributory charge, etc. is paid by a credit card, etc., the date of approval by a service provider for payment of contributory charges, etc. shall be deemed the date of payment of the contributory charge, etc.
(3) A service provider for payment of contributory charges, etc. may receive fees from a person obliged to pay contributory charges, etc. in return for the service for vicarious payment of contributory charges, etc. by a credit card, etc.
(4) Matters necessary for the operation, fees, etc. of service providers for payment of contributory charges, etc. shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
<This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 14500, Dec. 27, 2016>

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Article 34 (Appropriation and Refund of Overpayment or Erroneous Payment of Contributory Charges, etc.)

When the Minister of Employment and Labor intends to refund contributory charges or other charges under this Act or fees associated with the disposition on default paid erroneously by an employer or has to pay an employment subsidy to an employer under Article 30, he/she may appropriate them first for the contributory charges required to be paid and other charges under this Act, following the order prescribed by the Presidential Decree, and then refund or pay the balance thereof to the relevant employer.

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Article 35 (Collection of Additional Charges and Arrears)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall, if he/she collects contributory charges pursuant to Article 33 (6) and (7) subparagraphs 1, collect as additional charges an amount equivalent to 10/100 of the contributory charges that the employer is required to pay.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), with respect to the difference to be additionally paid by a business proprieter following a revised declaration prescribed in Article 33 (8), the Minister of Employment and Labor may reduce the surcharge referred to in paragraph (1) by half.
(3) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall, whenever a person obliged to pay a contributory charge fails to pay it within the deadline for payment prescribed in Article 33 (5) (it shall be by the end of February in the case of a business proprietor who has filed a revised declaration under paragraph (8) of the same Article), collect overdue charge on a monthly basis as prescribed by Presidential Decree for the overdue period of not more than 36 months, considering the overdue interest rate of banks as defined in Article 2 of the Banking Act.
(4) The collection of the surcharge or overdue charge pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (3) may be waived, if is deemed that the amount thereof is negligible or that the collection thereof is considered improper, or there is any other relevant ground prescribed by Presidential Decree.

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Article 36 (Notification)

The Minister of Employment and Labor shall, if intending to collect under Article 33 (6) and (7), notify in writing the obligor of the relevant amount and the term of payment, as prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

Article 37 (Urging of Payment and Disposition on Default)

(1) If a person who owes contributory charges and/or any other charge under this Act fails to pay them, the Minister of Employment and Labor shall urge the person to make that payment within the time period set by the Minister.
(2) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall, if he/she urges a payment under paragraph (1), do so in writing. In this case, the payment period of ten days or more shall be given.
(3) If a person who has been urged under paragraph (1) fails to pay contributory charges or any other charge under this Act within the specified time limit, the Minister of Employment and Labor may collect them according to the example of the disposition on default of national taxes.
(4) In the event that a public sale of any property that is seized according to the example of the disposition on default under paragraph (3) requires expert knowledge or it is deemed inappropriate to execute such public sale directly due to special circumstances, the Minister of Employment and Labor may ask the Korea Asset Management Corporation established under the Act on the Efficient Disposal of Non-Performing Assets, etc. of Financial Companies and the Establishment of the Korea Asset Management Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”) to execute it vicariously as prescribed by the Presidential Decree. In this case, the public sale of such property shall be deemed to be executed by the Minister of Employment and Labor.
(5) The Minister of Employment and Labor may, if the Corporation execute a public sale vicariously in accordance with paragraph (4), pay fees to the Corporation, as prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
(6) If the Corporation executes a public sale vicariously under paragraph (4), the officers and employees of the Corporation shall be deemed pubic officials in the application of Articles 129 through 132 of the Criminal Act.

Article 36 (Notification)

The Minister of Employment and Labor shall, if intending to collect under Article 33 (6) and (7), notify in writing the obligor of the relevant amount and the term of payment, as prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

Article 37 (Urging of Payment and Disposition on Default)

(1) If a person who owes contributory charges and/or any other charge under this Act fails to pay them, the Minister of Employment and Labor shall urge the person to make that payment within the time period set by the Minister.
(2) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall, if he/she urges a payment under paragraph (1), do so in writing. In this case, the payment period of ten days or more shall be given.
(3) If a person who has been urged under paragraph (1) fails to pay contributory charges or any other charge under this Act within the specified time limit, the Minister of Employment and Labor may collect them according to the example of the disposition on default of national taxes.
(4) In the event that a public sale of any property that is seized according to the example of the disposition on default under paragraph (3) requires expert knowledge or it is deemed inappropriate to execute such public sale directly due to special circumstances, the Minister of Employment and Labor may ask the Korea Asset Management Corporation established under the Act on the Efficient Disposal of Non-Performing Assets, etc. of Financial Companies and the Establishment of the Korea Asset Management Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”) to execute it vicariously as prescribed by the Presidential Decree. In this case, the public sale of such property shall be deemed to be executed by the Minister of Employment and Labor.
(5) The Minister of Employment and Labor may, if the Corporation execute a public sale vicariously in accordance with paragraph (4), pay fees to the Corporation, as prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
(6) If the Corporation executes a public sale vicariously under paragraph (4), the officers and employees of the Corporation shall be deemed pubic officials in the application of Articles 129 through 132 of the Criminal Act.

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Article 38 (Priority of Collections)

Contributory charges and other charges under this Act (hereinafter in this Article referred to as “contributor charges, etc.”) shall be collected in preference to other claims except for national and local taxes. However, if contributor charges, etc., are collected from the proceeds from selling property, proved by the fact that creation of the claims secured by chonsegwon, pledges, mortgages or other security interest under the Act on Security over Movable Property, Claims, etc., are registered, this shall not apply to the claims secured by those chonsegwon, pledges, mortgages or other security interest under the Act on Security over Movable Property, Claims, etc.
<This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 11570, Dec. 18, 2012>

Article 39 (Service of Documents)

With regard to the service of documents concerning the collection of contributory charges or other charges under this Act, the provisions of Articles 8 through 12 of the Framework Act on National Taxes shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Article 40 (Extinctive Prescription)

If the rights to collect contributory charges or other charges under this Act, to receive the refund thereof, and to receive the employment subsidy are not exercised for three years, their extinctive prescription shall be completed.

Article 41 (Interruption of Prescription)

(1) The extinctive prescription under Article 40 shall be interrupted for any of the following reasons：
1. Claim for the employment subsidy under Article 30；
2. Order issued to refund the employment subsidy subject to the collection under Article 31 (1)；
3. Claim for the refund of the contributory charges under Article 33 (9)；
4. Notification of the payment under Article 36；
5. Urging of the payment under Article 37；
6. Claim for the delivery to be made in accordance with the procedures for the disposition on default under 37；and
7. Other reasons for an interruption of extinctive prescription prescribed by the Civil Act.
(2) The extinctive prescription interrupted under paragraph (1) shall begin to run anew after the expiration of any of the following periods：Provided that the resumption of the extinctive prescription interrupted under subparagraph 7 of paragraph (1) shall be governed by the Civil Act.：
1. Deadline for the payment to be made in accordance with a return order；
2. Period during which a claim for the refund of the contributory charges is pending；
3. Deadline for the payment notified under Article 36；
4. Deadline for the payment urged；and
5. Period during which a request for delivery is pending.

Article 42 (Disposal of Deficits)

The Minister of Employment and Labor may, if a defaulter has any of the following reasons, write off any deficit of the disposition involving contributory charges or other charges under this Act：
1. Where the proceedings for the disposition on default is concluded and the amount to be allocated to the delinquent amount is less than the relevant delinquent amount；
2. Where the extinctive prescription is completed under Article 40；and
3. Where there is no possibility of collection, as prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

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Article 43 (Establishment of Korea Employment Agency for the Disabled)

(1) The Korea Employment Agency for the Disabled (hereinafter referred to as the “Agency”) shall be established for the purposes of helping disabled persons to become self-reliant through working life and providing professional assistance to employers in employment of disabled persons.
(2) The Agency shall carry out the following services：
1. Collection, analysis, furnishing of information on the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons, and surveys and research thereon；
2. Vocational guidance, such as job counseling, job aptitude tests, evaluation of vocational skills, etc., for disabled person；
3. Vocational adaptation training, vocational skills development training, job placement and post-employment adaptation guidance, for disabled persons；
4. Fostering and training of specialized personnel, such as counselors for working life of disabled persons, etc.；
5. Provision of assistance to employers in improving the employment environment for disabled persons and fulfilling the obligation to employ them；
6. Provision of guidance and support to employers and related agencies on technical matters concerning vocational rehabilitation and employment management；
7. Operations of vocational adaptation training facilities, vocational skills development training facilities and standard workplaces for disabled persons；
8. Creation and management of computer networks for job placement between job placement agencies for the employment promotion of disabled persons, and related services, such as publicity, education, skills contests of disabled persons, etc.；
9. Coordination of and support for work between public and private institutions relating to the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons；
10. International cooperation for the employment of disabled persons；
11. Other services necessary for the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons, and services delegated by the Minister of Employment and Labor or the head of a central administrative agency；and
12. Services incidental to the services described in subparagraphs 1 through 11.
(3) In order to efficiently carry out the services under paragraph (2), the Agency may entrust, with approval from the Minister of Employment and Labor, part of its services to a corporation or an organization.
<Title of This Article Amended by Act No. 9791, Oct. 9, 2009>

Article 44 (Juridical Personality)

The Agency shall be a juristic person.

Article 45 (Offices)

(1) The location of the principal office of the Agency shall be determined by the articles of incorporation.
(2) The Agency may, if deemed necessary, establish branch offices after obtaining approval from the Minister of Employment and Labor.

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Article 46 (Registration of Establishment)

(1) The Agency shall be constituted upon registration at the location of its principal office.
(2) The registration of establishment under paragraph (1), the establishment and transfer of branch offices and other necessary matters relating to registration shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

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Article 47 (Articles of Incorporation)

(1) The following matters shall be stated in the Agency‘s articles of incorporation：
1. Purpose；
2. Title；
3. The principal and branch offices, and the establishment and operation of affiliated agencies under Article 55；
4. Businesses and execution thereof；
5. Assets and accounting；
6. Officers and employees；
7. Operation of the board of directors；
8. Alterations to the articles of incorporation；
9. Method of public notification；
10. Establishment, revision and abolition of internal regulations；and
11. Dissolution.
(2) The articles of incorporation of the Agency shall be subject to authorization of the Minister of Employment and Labor. The same shall apply to the amendment thereof.

Article 48 (Appointment and Dismissal of Officers)

(1) The Agency shall have ten or more but not more than fifteen directors including one president, and appoint one auditor.
(2) Three directors including the president shall be permanent.
(3) The appointment and dismissal of the officers shall be subject to Article 26 of the Act on the Management of Public Institutions, and one third of permanent directors and non-permanent directors shall be appointed from among disabled persons.
(4) Deleted.
(5) Deleted.

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Article 49 (Term of Office for Officers)

The term of office for the president shall be three years, and that of office for the directors and auditor shall be two years and renewable on a yearly basis.

Article 50 (Duties of Officers)

(1) The president shall represent the Agency, and preside over the Agency’s business.
(2) If the president is unable to perform his/her duties for inevitable reasons, one of the permanent directors shall act on behalf of him/her under the terms of the articles of incorporation, and if no permanent director exists or is able to act on behalf of the president, an officer determined in accordance with the articles of incorporation shall act on his/her behalf.
(3) The directors shall participate in deliberating and making decisions on agenda items brought forward to the board of directors, and the permanent directors shall carry out the affairs of the Agency under the terms of the articles of incorporation.
(4) The auditor shall inspect the business of the Agency, and audit its accounting in accordance with the accounting standards prescribed in Article 32 (5) of the Act on the Management of Public Institutions and submit his/her opinions to the board of directors.

Article 51 (Disqualifications of Officers)

A person who fall under any of the following subparagraphs shall not be the officers：
1. A person who falls under the reasons for disqualification under Article 33 of the State Public Officials Act；and
2. A person who falls under Article 34 (1) 2 of the Act on the Management of Public Institutions

Article 52 (Restriction on Concurrent Offices of Officers and Employees)

(1) The permanent officers and employees of the Agency shall not be engaged in any business, other than their duties, to make profits.
(2) If a permanent officer obtains permission from the person authorized to appoint and propose the officer and if an employee obtains permission from the president, he/she may concurrently carry on another business not for profit.
<This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 9791, Oct. 9, 2009>

Article 53 (Board of Directors)

(1) The Agency shall have a board of directors to deliberate and decide on the matters prescribed in each subparagraph of Article 17 (1) of the Act on the Management of Public Institutions.
(2) The board of directors shall be composed of directors including the president.
(3) The president shall chair the board of directors.
(4) A meeting of the board of directors shall be convened at the request of the president or at least one third of all directors and a decision shall be made with the approval of a majority of all directors.
(5) The auditor may attend a meeting of the board of directors and state his/her opinions.
<This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 9791, Oct. 9, 2009>

Article 54 (Appointment and Dismissal of Employees)

The president shall appoint and dismiss the employees of the Agency under the conditions as determined by the articles of incorporation. In this case, he shall consider employing disabled persons.

Article 55 (Affiliated Agencies)

(1) The Agency may set up affiliated agencies required for effectively performing the services under Article 43 (2), with approval from the Minister of Employment and Labor.
(2) The president of the Agency shall control and supervise its affiliated agencies.
(3) Matters necessary for the establishment and operations, etc. of affiliated agencies shall be determined by the articles of incorporation of the Agency.

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Article 56 (Free Lease of State Property, etc.)

The State may, if necessary for the establishment and management of the Agency, lease any property and commodities owned by the State to the Agency free of charge pursuant to the State Properties Act and the Commodity Management Act.

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Article 57 (Borrowing of Funds)

The Agency may, if necessary for conducting services under Article 43 (2), borrow funds (including loans from international organizations, foreign governments or foreigners) with approval from the Minister of Employment and Labor.

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Article 58 (Accounting of Agency)

(1) The business year of the Agency shall coincide with the fiscal year of the government.
(2) The Agency shall establish its accounting rules, and obtain approval from the Minister of Employment and Labor for them.

Article 58-2 (Agency Revenues)

The revenues of the Agency are as follows：
1. Contributions or donations from the government or persons other than the government；
2. Contributions from the Employment Promotion and Vocational Rehabilitation Fund for Disabled Persons under Article 68；
3. Loans under Article 57；and
4. Other revenues of the Agency.
<This Article Inserted by Act No. 10969, Jul. 25, 2011>

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Article 60 (Formulation, etc. of Budget)

(1) Every fiscal year the president shall formulate a draft budget for the following fiscal year in accordance with the business objectives established under Article 46 of the Act on the Management of Public Institutions and the business guidelines notified under Article 50 of the same Act, and determine the budget after discussion by the board of directors and approval from the Minister of Employment and Labor no later than the beginning of the following fiscal year. The same shall apply in the case of modifying the budget.
(2) Once determining a budget pursuant to paragraph (1), the Agency shall establish an operating plan according to the budget for the fiscal year after discussion by the board of directors, and submit the operating plan to the Minister of Employment and Labor within two months after the determination of the budget. The same shall apply in the case of changing the operating plan due to modifications to the budget.
<This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 9791, Oct. 9, 2009>

Article 61 (Submission of Settlement of Accounts)

The Agency shall prepare the settlement of accounts of revenue and expenditure each business year, undergo an audit by a certified public accountant selected in accordance with the rules of the Board of Audit and Inspection or an accounting corporation established under Article 23 of the Certified Public Accountant Act and submit the results to the Minister of Employment and Labor within two months after end of each fiscal year.
<This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 9791, Oct. 9, 2009>

Article 61 (Submission of Settlement of Accounts)

The Agency shall prepare the settlement of accounts of revenue and expenditure each business year, undergo an audit by a certified public accountant selected in accordance with the rules of the Board of Audit and Inspection or an accounting corporation established under Article 23 of the Certified Public Accountant Act and submit the results to the Minister of Employment and Labor within two months after end of each fiscal year.
<This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 9791, Oct. 9, 2009>

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Article 62 (Disposal of Surplus Cash)

The Agency may, if any surplus9 earnings accrue as a result of settlement of accounts at the end of each business year, replenish the losses brought forward, and carry over the balance for the use in the following year.

Article 63 (Collection of Fees)

The Agency may receive fees and other actual expenses for the services under Article 43 (2).

Article 64 (Investments, etc.)

(1) Where necessary for efficiently implementing the services, the Agency may invest in or contribute to the services under Article 43 (2) 7 and 11.
(2) The Agency may establish a management organization after obtaining permission from the Minister of Employment and Labor for the management and operation of the facilities established for the purpose of leasing places of business under Article 17. In this case, the management organization shall be a juristic person.
(3) The Agency shall direct and supervise the duties of the management organization established under paragraph (2).
(4) Matters necessary for the investment and contribution and the establishment of a management organization under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

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Article 65 (Guidance and Supervision over Business)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall guide and supervise the Agency’s business.
(2) The Minister of Employment and Labor may have the Agency report on necessary matters concerning its business, accounts and property, or take other necessary measures.

Article 64 (Supervision)

A public official inspecting the books, documents and other belongings of the Agency pursuant to Article 65 of the Act shall carry a certificate indicating his/her authority and produce such certificate to a relevant person.

Article 65-2 (Prohibition of Secret Divulgence)

A person who serves or used to serve as an officer or employee of the Agency shall not divulge and illegally use confidential information that he/she acquired while performing his/her duties.

Article 66 (Prohibition of Use of Similar Title)

No one other than the Agency shall use the title of “Korea Employment Agency for the Disabled” or any title similar to it.

Article 67 (Application Mutatis Mutandis of Civil Act)

The provisions of the Civil Act concerning juridical foundations shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Agency, except as otherwise provided in this Act and the Act on the Management of Public Institutions.

Article 68 (Establishment of Employment Promotion and Vocational Rehabilitation Fund for Disabled Persons)

The Minister of Employment and Labor shall establish the Employment Promotion and Vocational Rehabilitation Fund for Disabled Persons (hereinafter referred as the “Fund”) in order to carry out the business for the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons, such as running the Agency, granting employment subsidies, etc.

Article 69 (Financial Resources of Fund)

(1) The Fund shall be created with the following financial resources：
1. Contributions or donations from the government or any nongovernmental entity；
2. Contributory charges, additional charges and arrears under Articles 33 and 35；
3. Earnings accrued from the operation of the Fund, and other revenues of the Agency；
4. Loans borrowed under Article 57；and
5. Loans borrowed under Article 70.
(2) The government shall appropriate the contributions under paragraph (1) 1 for its estimated budget of expenditures each fiscal year.

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Article 70 (Borrowings)

In the event that the Fund is or is expected to be short of money for disbursement, it may borrow a loan from a financial institution, another fund, or any other financial source on its own account.

Article 71 (Use of Fund)

The Fund shall be used for the payment of expenses specified in each of the following subparagraphs：
1. Contributions made to the Agency；
2. Employment subsides under Article 30；
3. Expenses required for surveys and research on policies for the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons；
4. Loans and subsidies for the expenses required for the installation and repair of facilities and equipments for the vocational guidance, vocational adaptation training, vocational skills development training, job placement or employment of disabled persons；
5. Loans and subsidies for the expenses, apparatus, etc. of employers who employ or intend to employ disabled persons；
6. Loans and subsidies for the expenses required by employers who establish and operate or intend to establish and operate a standard workplace for disabled persons；
7. Loans and subsidies for the expenses required by persons who carry out vocational guidance, job placement and post-employment adaptation guidance；
8. Training expenses and allowances for persons who carry out vocational adaptation training and vocational skills development training for disabled persons, and for the relevant disabled persons；
9. Loans to self-employed disabled persons for starting up business, and leasing a place of business, and loans to disabled workers for the stabilization of working life, etc.；
10. Expenses required for placing counsellors for working life of disabled persons to assist employers in the employment management of disabled workers；
11. Repayment of the loans borrowed under Article 70 and interest thereon；
12. Subsidization of the difference in interest on loans that disabled persons, employers, etc., borrow from financial institutions under this Act；
13. Rewards under Article 32；and
14. Other expenses required for the business prescribed by the Presidential Decree for the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons, and expenses incidental to the implementation of the business set forth in subparagraphs 1 through 10.

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Article 72 (Operation and Management of Fund)

(1) The Fund shall be operated and managed by the Minister of Employment and Labor.
(2) The fiscal year of the Fund shall coincide with the government’s fiscal year.
(3) The Fund shall be managed to make its profits reach or exceed the level prescribed by the Presidential Decree, and the Fund shall be operated by any of the following methods：
1. Deposits in banks or postal service agencies under the Banking Act or other Acts；
2. Purchase of bonds issued by the State or local governments；
3. Purchase of bonds whose payment is guaranteed by banks under the Banking Act or other Acts, or by any other person prescribed by the Presidential Decree；
4. Deposits in the Public Fund Management Fund under the Public Fund Management Fund Act；and
5. Other methods prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

Article 73 (Accounting Agency of Fund)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall appoint the fund revenue collection officer, the fund financial officer, the fund disbursing officer and the fund accounting officer to carry out business affairs pertaining to the revenues and expenditures of the Fund, from among public officials under his/her control.
(2) If the Minister of Employment and Labor entrusts the Agency with his/her duties under Article 82, he/she shall appoint a director in charge of fund revenues and a director in charge of actions incurring fund expenditures from among the permanent directors of the Agency, and a fund disbursing employee and a fund accounting employee from among employees of the Agency, respectively. In this case, the director in charge of fund revenues shall perform the duties of the fund revenue collection officer, the director in charge of actions incurring fund expenditures shall perform the duties of the fund financial officer, the fund disbursing employee shall perform the duties of the fund disbursing officer, and the fund accounting employee shall perform the duties of the fund accounting officer, respectively.

Article 74 (Creation of Fund Account)

The Minister of Employment and Labor shall have the Fund disbursing officer open the Fund’s account in the Bank of Korea.

Article 74-2 (Designation of Officials in Charge of Support for Disabled Persons, etc.)

(1) The heads of the agencies specified in the subparagraphs of Article 27 (6) shall designate an official to be in charge of supporting persons with disabilities out of the public officials under his/her control in order to efficiently assist public officials and workers with disabilities in performing their duties, etc. at the agency concerned. In such cases, an agency which has designated an official to be in charge of policies for persons with disabilities pursuant to Article 12 (1) of the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities shall be deemed to have designated an official to be in charge of supporting persons with disabilities.
(2) Matters necessary for the designation, duties, etc. of an official to be in charge of supporting persons with disabilities referred to in paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by the National Assembly Regulations, the Supreme Court Regulations, the Constitutional Court Regulations, the National Election Commission Regulations, or Presidential Decree.
<This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 14500, Dec. 27, 2016>

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Article 75 (Counsellors, etc. for Working Life of Disabled Persons)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall train specialized personnel, such as counsellors for working life of disabled persons, etc., who are in charge of the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons, including vocational guidance, vocational adaptation training, vocational skills development training, and post-employment adaptation guidance for disabled persons.
(2) Employers employing disabled workers in the number not less than that prescribed by the Presidential Decree shall employ counsellors for working life of disabled persons under paragraph (1).
(3) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall, if deemed necessary, support rehabilitation institutes under Article 9 (2) upon receipt of a request for cooperation concerning specialized personnel under paragraph (1).
(4) Necessary matters concerning types, training, placement, roles, qualifications, etc. of specialized personnel under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

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Article 76 (Report, Inspection, etc.)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may, if deemed necessary for the implementation of business, such as the investigation of actual status of disabled persons, the monitoring of compliance with the obligation to employ disabled persons, employment subsidies and various supports for employers, the collection of contributory charges, etc., have a competent public official enter a workplace to inquire related persons, inspect relevant documents or demand a necessary report.
(2) A public official entering a workplaces under paragraph (1) shall carry an identification showing his/her authority and present it to related persons. In this case, the identification card of the public official may serve as a substitute for the said identification.

Article 77 (Supports under Tax Systems)

With respect to the contributions or donations from non-government persons under subparagraph 1 of Article 69, the employment subsidies under subparagraph 2 of Article 71, and the supports under subparagraphs 4 through 9 and 14 of the same paragraph, the taxes therefor shall be reduced or exempted under the conditions as prescribed by the Restriction of Special Taxation Act.

Article 78 (Support for Expenses)

The State and local governments may support any person who conducts a project to promote the employment of disabled persons with all or part of the expenses required therefor, under the conditions as prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

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Article 79 (Special Case Concerning State and Local Governments)

(1) Notwithstanding Article 28, where the heads of the agencies specified in the subparagraphs of Article 27 (6) have at least 50 non-public-official employees at all times, he or she shall employ persons with disabilities at least at the ratio according to the following classification in proportion to the total number of such non-public-official employees under his, her, or its jurisdiction. In such cases, if the number has a decimal point, it shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number in calculating the number of persons with disabilities constituting the mandatory employment ratio:

1. From January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021: 34/1,000;

2. From January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022: 36/1,000;

3. After 2024 : 38/1,0000

(2) Where non-public-official employees are employed pursuant to paragraph (1), with respect to such employees, Articles 19-2, 21, 22 (3), 22(4), 29, 33, 33-2, 34 through 36, 38 through 40, 41 (excluding paragraph (1) 6 and 2 (5) of the same Article), and 42 (excluding subparagraph 1 of the same Article) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(3) In calculating the ratio prescribed in paragraph (1), any of the following persons shall be excluded from the total number of employees or persons with disabilities:

1. Persons who work as an intern pursuant to Article 26-4 of the State Public Officials Act;

2. Persons to be appointed as public officials who are on training (including those undergoing on-the-job training) prescribed in Article 50 (1) of the State Public Officials Act or Article 74 (1)　of the Local Public Officials Act;

3. Other persons, among those prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, who are employed pursuant to the welfare measures, unemployment measures, etc. of the State or local governments.

[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 14500, Dec. 27, 2016]

Article 80 (Cooperation)

(1) The State agencies, local governments, rehabilitation institutes and other agencies or organizations relating to disabled persons shall cooperate in the policies executed by the Minister of Employment and Labor for the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons.
(2) The Minister of Employment and Labor may grant necessary support to a person who carries out policies under paragraph (1) (excluding State agencies and local governments).

Article 81 (Request, etc. for Furnishing Material)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may, if deemed necessary for the efficient operation of projects for the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons, request central administrative agencies, local governments, and institutions and organizations involved in projects for the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons to access to the relevant computer network or materials about national tax, local tax, income, property, health insurance, national pension, immigration, resident registration, family relation registration, disability registration information prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(2) The Agency, etc. that is delegated or entrusted with part of the authority of the Minister of Employment and Labor pursuant to Article 82 may request relevant administrative institutions including the Ministry of Security and Public Administration, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Land and Transport Affairs, the National Tax Service and local government, etc., or institutions or organizations which are relevant to projects for the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons to access to the relevant computer network or materials about national tax, local tax, income, property, health insurance, national pension, immigration, resident registration, family relations registration, disability registration information prescribed by Presidential Decree and necessary to impose and collect contributor charges, the employment promotion and vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons and other delegated or entrusted duties.
(3) The Agency, etc. that is delegated or entrusted with part of the authority of the Minister of Employment and Labor pursuant to Article 82 may use an information system pursuant to Article 6-2 (2) of the Social Welfare Services Act for the confirmation of materials under paragraph (1) and (2).
(4) Any person who is requested to access to the relevant internet network or materials under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall accept the request unless there is justifiable grounds for not doing so.
(5) A person who performed duties through a relevant internet network or materials under paragraphs (1) to (3) shall not use materials offered pursuant to paragraph (1) to (3) and information which is obtained while performing duties for any use outside of the purpose determined in this Act, nor shall receivers of such data reveal it to other persons or institutions.
(6) Accessing to the relevant internet network or materials pursuant to paragraph (1) and (2) shall be exempt from commissions and royalties, etc.
<Title of this Article Amended by Act No. 11570, Dec. 18, 2012>

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Article 83 (Relations with Other Acts)

Matters not provided for in this Act shall be governed by the labor-related statutes such as the Labor Standards Act, the Employment Security Act, and the Act on the Development of Vocational Skills of Workers.

Article 84 (Penal Provisions)

A person who receives an employment subsidy in a false or any other fraudulent way as set forth in Article 31 (1) 1 shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding ten million won.

Article 84-2 (Penal Provisions)

A person who divulges or illegally uses confidential information in violation of Article 65-2 shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than two years or by a fine not exceeding ten million won.
<This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 8817, Dec. 27, 2007>

Article 85 (Joint Penal Provisions)

If the representative of a juristic person or, an agent, a servant or any other employee of a juristic person or an individual commits the offense prescribed in Article 84 in relation to the business of the juristic person or individual, the fine prescribed in the same Article shall be imposed on the juristic person or individual, in addition to the punishment of the offender：Provided that this shall not apply unless the juristic person or individual neglects to give considerable attention and supervision to the business concerned in order to prevent such offence.
<This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 9791, Oct. 9, 2009>

Article 86 (Fines for Negligence)

(1) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding ten million won:

1. A person who uses the name that includes the words “standardized workplace for persons with disabilities or similar names”, in violation of Article 22-4 (5);

2. A person who allows any third person to operate a standardized workplace for persons with disabilities using his or her name or trade name, or lends his or her certificate of certification to any third person in violation of Article 22-4 (6);

3. A person who violates an order under Article 29 (1) or (2).

(2) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding three million won:

1. A person who fails to conduct education for improving awareness of persons with disabilities in violation of Article 5-2 (1);

2. A person who fails to retain, for three years, the materials related to conducting education for improving awareness of persons with disabilities in violation of Article 5-2(3) or Article 5-3 (2).

(3) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding two million won:

1. A person who fails to make a declaration under Article 33 (5) or makes a false declaration;

2. A person who refuses, obstructs, or evades an inspection under Article 76 (1), fails to make a report or makes a false report.

(4) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding one million won:

1. A person who violates Article 66;

2. A person who violates Article 75 (2);

3. A person who refuses, obstructs, or evades an answer to the inquiry made pursuant to Article 76 (1), or provides a false answer thereto.

(5) Administrative fines under paragraphs (1) through (4) shall be imposed and collected by the Minister of Employment and Labor, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(6) Deleted.

(7) Deleted.

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Article 87 (Fictitious Public Official in Application of Penal Provisions)

An officer and employee of the Agency which is entrusted with the affairs under this Act pursuant to Article 82 shall be regarded as a public official in the application of Articles 129 through 132 of the Criminal Act.

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force six months after its promulgation. Provided that the amendment of Article 28 (2) shall enter into force on Jan 1, 2014.

Article 2 (Application of Collection of Unlawful Loans or Subsidies, etc., and Restrictions on Payment)

The amendment to Article 23 shall be effective from the first occurrence of the reason for cancellation, collection, correction requests and receipt of fraudulently-received loans or subsidies.

Addenda (Government Organization Act)

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

(1) This Act shall enter into force on the date of promulgation.
(2) Omitted.

Article 6 (Revision of Other Acts)

(1) through <525> Omitted.
<526> Parts of the Act on Employment Promotion and Vocational Rehabilitation for Disabled Persons shall be revised as follows：
“Ministry of Education, Science and Technology” in the title of Article 8 shall be changed to “Ministry of Education”, “Minister of Education, Science and Technology” in paragraph (1) of same Article shall be changed to “Minister of Education”；
“Ministry of Public Administration and Security”, “Ministry of Land and Maritime Affairs”, “Ministry of Health and Welfare” in Article 81 (2) shall be changed to “Ministry of Security and Public Administration”, “Ministry of Health and Welfare”, and “Ministry of Land and Transport Affairs” respectively.
<527> through <710> Omitted.

Article 7 Omitted.

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation: Provided that the amended provisions of Article 7, Article 16 (1), Article 21 (1) 3, Article 28-2, Article 28-3, Article 30 (3) and (4), Article 32, Article 33 (2) and (3), the title of Chapter IV, Article 43, Article 66 and Article 79, and Article 7 of the Addenda shall enter into force on January 1, 2010.

Article 2 (Application Example concerning Special Case concerning Mandatory Employment Ratio of Disabled Persons in Public Institutions)

The amended provisions of Article 28-2 shall apply to the calculation of a mandatory employment ratio for a period after the enforcement of the amended provisions.

Article 3 (Application Example concerning Calculation of Number of Disabled People to Be Employed)

The amended provisions of Article 28-3 and Article 30 (3) shall apply to the calculation of the number of disabled people to be employed or amount of contributory charges for a period after the enforcement of the amended provisions.

Article 4 (Special Case concerning Imposition of Contributory Charges on Public Institutions)

When a public institution pays the contributory charges under Article 22 (1), additional charges arising according to the amended provisions of Article 28-2 shall be reduced by half for three years after the enforcement date of the amended provisions.

Article 5 (Transitional Measures concerning Change of Title of Korea Employment Promotion Agency for Disabled Persons)

(1) The Korea Employment Promotion Agency for Disabled Persons at the time of the enforcement of this Act shall be considered the Korea Employment Agency for the Disabled under the amended provisions of Article 43 : Provided that its articles of incorporation shall be changed with authorization of the Minister of Employment and Labor no later than December 31, 2009.
(2) The name of the Korea Employment Promotion Agency for Disabled Persons in its registry and other official records at the time of the enforcement of this Act shall be considered the name of the Korea Employment Agency for the Disabled.

Article 6 (Transitional Measures concerning Officers)

The president, directors and auditor of the Korea Employment Promotion Agency for Disabled Persons at the time of the enforcement of this Act shall be considered the president, directors and auditor of the Korea Employment Agency for the Disabled.

Article 7 (Revision of Other Acts)

Parts of the Local Tax Act shall be revised as follows :
“Korea Employment Promotion Agency for Disabled Persons” in Article 271 (2) shall be changed to “Korea Employment Agency for the Disabled.”

Article 8 (Relations with Other Acts)

If the previous Korea Employment Promotion Agency for Disabled Persons is cited in other Acts and subordinate statues, the Korea Employment Agency for the Disabled under the amended provisions of Article 43 shall be considered to be cited.

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force three months after its promulgation.

Articles 2 through 4 Omitted.

Article 5 (Revision of Other Acts)

(1) through (3) Omitted.
(4) Parts of the Act on Employment Promotion and Vocational Rehabilitation for Disabled Persons shall be revised as follows:
“Subparagraph 1 of Article 4 of the Employment Security Act” in Article 16 (2) shall be changed to “subparagraph 1 of Article 2-2 of the Employment Security Act”.
(5) through (7) Omitted.

Article 6 Omitted.

This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.

This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation : Provided that the amended proviso to Article 27 (2) shall enter into force on January 1, 2015, and the amended proviso to Article 33 (3) shall enter into force on the following respective dates :
1. Public institutions under Article 4 of the Act on the Management of Public Institutions and employers who ordinarily employ 300 workers or more : July 1, 2011
2. Employers who ordinarily employ 200 workers or more but less than 300 workers : January 1, 2012
3. Employers who ordinarily employ 100 workers or more but less than 200 workers : January 1, 2013

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force on the date of promulgation.

Article 2 (Revision of Other Acts)

(1) through (19) Omitted.
(20) Parts of the Act on Employment Promotion and Vocational Rehabilitation for Disabled Persons shall be revised as follows:
“the Act on the Efficient Disposal of Non-Performing Assets, etc. of Financial Institutions and the Establishment of the Korea Asset Management Corporation" in paragraph (4) of Article 37 shall be changed to “the Act on the Efficient Disposal of Non-Performing Assets, etc. of Financial Companies and the Establishment of the Korea Asset Management Corporation".
(21) through (24) Omitted.

Article 3 Omitted.