Labor Standards Act Article 50 (Working Hours) ① Working hours per week shall not exceed 40 hours excluding recess hours. ② Working hours per day shall not exceed 8 hours excluding recess hours.
Article 69 (Work Hours [for minors]) Working hours of a person aged between 15 and 18 shall not exceed 7 hours per day and 35 hours per week. However, the working hours may be extended up to an hour per day, or 5 hours per week, by an agreement between the parties concerned.
Occupational Safety and Health Act Article 139 (Restriction on Extension of Working Hours for Harmful or Dangerous Work) With respect to a worker who is engaged in harmful or dangerous work prescribed by Presidential Decree, the employer shall not have him work in excess of 6 hours per day or 34 hours per week.

Working hours stipulated in the Labor Standards Act are regulated in units of one day and one week. The purposes of standard working hours are to rehabilitate the employee from mental and physical fatigue, preserve labor service, and guarantee the employee’s right to participate in social and cultural activities. Legal standard working hours regulated in the Labor Standards Act are as follows: