ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE SPECIAL ACT ON THE PROMOTION OF YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
Presidential Decree No. 21889, Dec. 15, 2009
Amended by Presidential Decree No. 22269, Jul. 12, 2010
Presidential Decree No. 22356, Aug. 25, 2010
Presidential Decree No. 22798, Mar. 30, 2011
Presidential Decree No. 23488, Jan. 6, 2012
Presidential Decree No. 24002, Jul. 31, 2012
Presidential Decree No. 24817, Oct. 30, 2013
Presidential Decree No. 27482, Sep. 5, 2016
Presidential Decree No. 27497, Sep. 13, 2016
Presidential Decree No. 29691, Apr. 16, 2019
Presidential Decree No. 30074, Sep. 10, 2019
Presidential Decree No. 31854, jun. 29, 2021
Article 3 (Formulation of Measures for Promoting Youth Employment) |
(1) | Pursuant to Article 3 (1) of the Act, the Minister of Employment and Labor shall formulate and implement the measures for promoting youth employment. |
(2) | Pursuant to Article 3 (1) of the Act, the Special Metropolitan City Mayor and each Metropolitan City Mayor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, Do Governor, and Special Self-Governing Province Governor shall respectively formulate the regional measures for promoting youth employment, in consideration of local conditions, and shall submit the measures to the Minister of Employment and Labor within 30 days after such measures are formulated. |
Article 4 (Formulation of Implementation Plans) |
(1) | The head of each central administrative agency shall formulate its own implementation plan by January 31 every year to implement the measures formulated pursuant to Article 3 (1) and shall submit the plan to the Minister of Employment and Labor. |
(2) | The Minister of Employment and Labor shall review the implementation plans formulated pursuant to paragraph (1) and shall periodically monitor the performance of such plans. |
Article 5 (Establishment and Operation of Special Committee on Promotion of Youth Employment) |
(1) | The Special Committee on Promotion of Youth Employment established pursuant to Article 4 (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Special Committee") shall be comprised of not more than 25 members, including one Chairperson. |
(2) | The Minister of Employment and Labor shall serve as the Chairperson of the Special Committee, and the members shall be commissioned by the Minister of Employment and Labor from among the following persons: |
1. | Vice Ministers or public officials at the level of Vice Minister in relevant central administrative agencies (in the case of an agency with two or more Vice Ministers or public officials at the level of Vice Minister, referring to the Vice Minister or public official at the level of Vice Minister appointed by the head of such agency); |
2. | Representatives of business owners' associations; |
3. | Representatives of educational associations, including school councils; |
4. | Persons having abundant knowledge and experience in youth employment issues. |
(3) | In any of the following cases, the Minister of Employment and Labor may dismiss any of the committee members commissioned pursuant to paragraph (2) 2 through 4 from office: |
1. | Where the member becomes unable to perform his or her duties due to mental or physical disabilities; |
2. | Where he or she commits irregularities related to his or her duties; |
3. | If a committee member is deemed incompetent for the office due to neglect of duty, injury to dignity or other grounds; |
4. | Where he or she personally expresses his or her intent that fulfilling duties is difficult. |
(4) | The special committee shall hold its meetings when a majority of its incumbent members are present, and adopt resolutions with the concurring vote of a majority of the members present. |
(5) | Except as provided in paragraphs (1) through (4), matters necessary for the composition and operation of the Special Committee shall be determined by the Minister of Employment and Labor. |
Article 6 (Institutions Required to Increase Employment of Unemployed Youth) |
1. | Public enterprises and quasi-governmental institutions whose prescribed number of personnel is at least 30, among public institutions under the Act on the Management of Public Institutions, and other public institutions; |
2. | Local government-invested public corporations and local government public corporations whose prescribed number of personnel is at least 30, among local government-invested public corporations and local government public corporations under the Local Public Enterprises Act. |
(2) | "Where there are grounds prescribed by Presidential Decree" in the proviso of Article 5 (1) of the Act means any of the following cases: <Amended on Sep. 10, 2019> |
1. | Where the prescribed number of personnel for the pertinent year is reduced by at least 10/100 of the prescribed number for the immediately preceding year; |
3. | Where the persons who meet the criteria for professional qualifications, competency, work experience, etc., publicly notified by the Minister of Employment and Labor in consultation with the Minister of Economy and Finance, consist at least 50/100 of all the persons employed for the pertinent year. |
(3) | The head of each institution or enterprise specified in paragraph (1) shall submit a report on the status of youth employment to the Minister of Strategy and Finance and the Minister of Employment and Labor in the attached Form by January 31 every year. |
Article 7 (Disadvantaged Young Jobseekers) |
"Youth having difficulties in employment" in Article 8-4 (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "disadvantaged young jobseekers") means any of the following persons: 1. | Unemployed persons whose educational level stopped at a level not higher than graduation from a high school (including persons who dropped out of any school specified in Article 2 of the Higher Education Act but excluding persons still enrolled in a school); |
4. | Persons who have been unemployed for at least six consecutive months; |
5. | Persons recognized as disadvantaged young jobseekers by the head of an employment security office established pursuant to the Employment Security Act, among unemployed persons who meet all the following criteria: |
(c) | A person shall not attend any class in an educational institution in order to enter a higher school or to gain employment. |
Article 8 (Projects for Nurturing Global Talents and Cooperative System Therefor) |
(1) | The head of a central administrative agency implementing a project for nurturing global talents pursuant to Article 12 (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "project for nurturing global talents") shall endeavor to cooperate with institutions involved in projects for nurturing global talents to ensure that the computer networks for the supply and demand of human resources and employment information under Article 12 (1) 1 of the Act are operated appropriately and to promptly provide the institutions operating such computer networks with relevant information, such as plans for projects implemented by the administrative agency for nurturing global talents and public announcements for recruitment. |
(2) | Pursuant to Article 12 (1) 4 of the Act, the head of a central administrative agency implementing a project for nurturing global talents shall endeavor to provide services for finding a job abroad directly to the persons seeking a job abroad to improve follow-up management of youth participating in projects for nurturing global talents or to provide such services via the Human Resources Development Service of Korea established pursuant to the Human Resources Development Service of Korea Act and other institutions engaging in overseas employment services. |
Article 9 (Expansion of Scope of Persons Eligible for Assistance in Employment) |
Where the Government deems necessary for promoting the employment of persons not younger than 30 years of age nor older than 34 years of age, it may provide assistance, etc. to them under Articles 6, 7 (1) through (3), 8-2, 8-3, 8-4 (1) and (2), 10, 11, and 12 (1) and (4).
Article 10 (Entrustment of Affairs) |
(1) | The head of a central administrative agency shall, pursuant to Article 17-2 of the Act, entrust any of the following affairs to the relevant public institution provided for in the corresponding subparagraph: |
(2) | Any public institution entrusted with affairs pursuant to paragraph (1) shall report the results of handling the entrusted affairs to the head of the central administrative agency that has entrusted such affairs by the end of February every year. |
[This Article Newly Inserted on Jun. 29, 2021]
[Previous Article 10 moved to Article 11 <Jun. 29, 2021>]
Article 11 (Processing of Personally Identifiable Information) |
2. | Increasing employment of unemployed youth in the public sector related to stabilizing citizens' livelihood under Article 6 of the Act; |
3. | Subsidizing small and medium enterprises for employing unemployed youth under Article 7 of the Act; |
7. | Subsidizing enterprises or private vocational training institutions for vocational skills development training under Article 10 of the Act; |
8. | Subsidizing small and medium enterprises for joint vocational skills development training under Article 11 of the Act; |
9. | Projects for nurturing global talents and the cooperation system therefor under Article 12 of the Act; |
12. | Providing assistance, etc. under Article 9. |
[Moved from Article 10; previous Article 11 moved to Article 12 <Jun. 29, 2021>]
Article 12 (Criteria for Imposing Administrative Fines) |
[Moved from Article 11 <Jun. 29, 2021>]
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 29691, Apr. 16, 2019>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
Article 2 (Relationship with Other Statutes or Regulations)
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 30074, Sep. 10, 2019>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 31854, Jun. 29, 2021>
This Decree shall enter into force on July 6, 2021.