Q1. What essential content must be included in a labor contract?
Even if you are employed as a part-timer, always remember that creating a labor contract is essential to avoid unfair treatment. The labor contract should include details about wages (composition, calculation method, payment method), working hours, and breaks. Additionally, it should specifiy information about holidays, vacations, your workplace, and job duties. The contract should also state the duration of the employment, working days, and daily working hours. Fines are imposed if a labor contract is not written.

Q2. What are the criteria for holiday pay?
The criterion for recieving holiday pay is working 15 hours or more per week. Then, you will have one day's holiday pay. On a holiday, you can receive an additional amount equal to the hourly wage muliplied by the regular working hours, even if you do not work. However, you must fulfill the contracted regular working days to be eligible for this. Let's assume you work three hours for five days. In this case, if you have attended work for all five days, you will be paid as if you worked three hours for six days.

Q3. How can I report wage arrears or part-time job-related issues when I've experienced them?
For cases of unpaid wages, minimun wage violations, excessive working hours, harassment, or other part-time job-related issues, you can report them to the local office of the Ministry of Employment and Labor to seek remedies for your rights. If you experience a delay in the payment of your wages, you can submit an "Unpaid Wage Claim" online through the Labor Portal Office in the jurisdiction where the workplace is located for preliminary consultation before filing a complaint or lawsuit.

Q4. How can I ensure that I get holidays or break times?
Employees working less than 15 hours a week are not entitled to paid days off or paid annual leave. However, statutory holidays are legally paid days off for businesses with five or more employees. If you work on a statutory work compensation (150%). Break times are not negotiable but are enforced you must have at leat 30 minutes of break time, and if you work for 8 hours or more, you should have at least one hour of break time. However, this break time is unpaid and not included in your working hours.

By Jung Da-gyo, Reporter