(1) Protection of Pregnant Women (Article 74, Article 75 of the LSA)
At the request of a pregnant female worker who has a miscarriage or still birth after 16 weeks of pregnancy, the employer shall grant her protective leave.
1) Workers who have a miscarriage or still birth after a pregnancy period of within 11 weeks : five days from the date of miscarriage or still birth
2) Workers who have a miscarriage or still birth after a pregnancy period of 12 weeks or more but less than 15 weeks: ten days from the date of miscarriage or still birth
3) Workers who have a miscarriage or still birth after a pregnancy period of 16 weeks or more but less than 21 weeks : thirty days from the date of miscarriage or still birth
4) A pregnancy period of 22 weeks or more but less than 27 weeks : sixty days from the date of miscarriage or still birth; and
5) A pregnancy period of 28 weeks or more: ninety days from the date of miscarriage or stillbirth
(2) A female worker who has an infant less than twelve months shall be allowed to take paid nursing recesses, twice per day for more than 30 minutes each.


*Labor Standards Act

Article 74 (Protection of Pregnant Women and Nursing Mothers)
(1) An employer shall grant a pregnant woman a totoal of a 90-day maternity leave (120-day maternity leave, if she is pregnant with at least two children at a time) before and after childbirth. In such cases, at least 45 days (60 days, if she is pregnant with two or more children at a time) of the leave period after childbirth shall be allowed.
(2) Where a pregnant female worker requests the leave under paragraph (1) due to her experience of miscarriage or other reasons prescribed by Presidential Decree, an employer shall allow her to use the leave at multiple times any time before her childbirth. In such cases, the period of leave after the childbirth shall be at least 45 days (60 days, if she is pregnant with at least two children at a time) consecutively.
(3) Where a pregnant woman has a miscarriage or stillbirth, an employer shall, upon the relevant worker's request, grant her a miscarriage/stillbirth leave, as prescribed by Presidential Decree: Provided, That the same shall not apply to any abortion carried out by artificial termination of pregnancy (excluding cases under Article 14 (1) of the Mother and Child Health Act).
(4) The first 60 days (75 days, if she is pregnant with at least two children at a time) in the period of leave under paragraphs (1) through (3) shall be stipendiary: Provided, That when the leave allowances before and after childbirth, etc. have been paid under Article 18 of the Equal Employment Opportunity and Work-Family Balance Assistance Act, the payment responsibility shall be exempted within the limit of the relevant amount.
(5) No employer shall order a female worker in pregnancy to engage in overtime work, and, even if there exists a request from the relevant worker, he/she shall transfer her to an easy type of work.
(6) A business owner shall reinstate her to the same work or to the work for which wages of the same level as before leave are paid after the end of a maternity leave under paragraph (1).
(7) Where a female worker who has been pregnant for not more than 12 weeks or for not less than 36 weeks requests the reduction of her work hours by two hours a day, the employer shall permit it: Provided, That he/she may permit to reduce her work hours to six hours if her work hours are shorter than eight hours a day.
(8) No employer shall reduce a worker's wages for reason of reduction of work hours under paragraph (7).
(9) Matters necessary for the methods, procedures, etc. for requesting reduction of work hours under paragraph (7) shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

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1. A business or workplace in which not less than 300 workers are ordinarily employed: Six months after the enforcement date of this Act;
2. A business or workplace in which less than 300 workers are ordinarily employed: Two years after the enforcement date of this Act.

Article 75 (Nursing Hours)

An employer shall grant thirty-minute or longer paid nursing time twice a day to those female workers who have infants under the age of one, upon request.