PARTIAL AMENDMENT ON KOREA'S ACT ON EMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGN WORKERS TAKES EFFECT

Briefly, the amendment includes the following:

- The period of re-entry of Sincere or special re-entry workers is reduced from three (3) to one (1) month.
- A foreign worker may be allowed to become Sincere or special re-entry worker even if he/ she has changed his/ her workplace, provided that the foreign worker has worked for 4 years and 10 months in the same industry where he/she started to work, and that the current employment contract with the employer applying for re-entry permission is more than 1 year.


Special re-entry exception may also be granted on conditions decided by authorities.
-For employers who are hiring Sincere or special re-entry workers for the first time, they will be required to attend a mandatory Employment Permit System seminar on labor-related laws and human rights.

The Embassy has previously posted an Advisory on 23 September 2020 on the subject matter based on the pre-legislation announcement issued by the MOEL.

Please refer to the MOEL Notice dated 14 October 2021 (https://seoulpe.dfa.gov.ph/images/MOEL-Re-entry_of_Foreign_Workforce.pdf) for details and explanation.

For related queries, please call POLO-OWWA at 02-3785-3634 (landline) or 010-6591-6290 (hotline).
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