Failing to give the employee a written employment contract: maximum fine
The obligation is widely treated as a formality — the contract is signed, the company keeps it, nobody follows up. It carries a criminal fine, which is the fact that turns 'they never gave me a copy' from an annoyance into something an employee can act on.
- Applies to
- Employers, on every employee including foreign nationals
- Review cadence
- Checked once a year
What we have recorded
- 2026-09-17₩5,000,000
Article 17 requires the employer to specify wages, contractual working hours, holidays and annual paid leave, and to deliver the key terms to the employee in writing, electronic documents included. Signing a contract the company then keeps does not satisfy it.
Labor Standards Act, Article 17 and its penalty provision
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