Statutes of the Republic of Korea

No. 27751
Promulgation Date 2016-12-30
Ministry of Employment and Labor

ALL

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 (Purpose)

Article 2 (Businesses Excluded from Application of the Act)

Article 2-2 (Calculation of Number of Regular Workers, and Time of Application Thereof)

Article 3 (Functions of Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance and Prevention Deliberation Committee)

Article 4 (Constitution of Committee)

Article 5 (Term of Office of Members, etc.)

Article 6 (Chairperson and Vice Chairperson)

Article 7 (Meetings of Committee)

Article 8 (Expert Committees)

Article 8-2 (Survey and Research Commissioners)

Article 8-3 (Request for Cooperation from Related Administrative Agencies, etc.)

Article 9 (Executive Secretary of Committee)

Article 10 (Allowances for Members)

Article 11 (Detailed Operating Rules)

Article 12 (Vicarious Execution of Survey and Research Projects)

CHAPTER II KOREA WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND WELFARE SERVICE

Article 13 Deleted.

Article 14 (Approval of Budgets and Operational Plans)

Article 15 (Submission of (Balance Sheet of) Settlement of Accounts)

Article 16 (Approval of Regulations of the Service)

Article 17 (Application for Approval on Borrowing of Funds, etc.)

Article 18 (Delegation of Representative Authority of President of the Service)

Article 19 (Entrustment of Business)

Article 20 (Investment, etc.)

CHAPTER III INSURANCE BENEFITS

Section 1 Standards for Insurance Benefits

Article 21 (Requests for Insurance Benefits, Notification of Decision, etc.)

Article 22 (Increase or Decrease of Average Wage)

Article 23 (Scope of Workers in Unusual Type of Employment)

Article 24 (Method of Calculation of Average Wage for Workers in Unusual Type of Employment)

Article 25 (Special Cases on Calculating Average Wages for Persons with Occupational Diseases)

Article 26 (Methods of Calculating Maximum and Minimum Standard Amounts of Compensation)

Section 2 Standards for Recognition of Occupational Accidents

Article 27 (Accidents in the Course of Duty)

Article 28 (Accidents Due to Defects, etc. in Facilities, etc.)

Article 29 (Accidents During Commute to or from Work)

Article 30 (Accidents During Events)

Article 31 (Accidents in Particular Places)

Article 32 (Accidents During Medical Care)

Article 33 (Accidents Caused by Third Party's Acts)

Article 34 (Standards for Recognition of Occupational Diseases)

Article 35 Deleted.

Article 36 (Standards for Recognition of Occupational Accidents Due to Self-Harm)

Article 37 (Presumption of Death)

Section 3 Medical Care Benefits, etc.

Article 38 (Claims, etc. for Medical Care Expenses)

Article 39 (Imposition and Payment of Penalty Surcharges, and Criteria therefor)

Article 40 (Submission of Medical Treatment Plans)

Article 41 (Examination of Medical Treatment Plans and Measures to Change)

Article 42 (Advisory Doctors)

Article 43 (Panel of Advisory Doctors)

Article 44 (Transfer to Another Medical Institution)

Article 45 (Additional Injury or Disease)

Article 46 (Industrial Accident Insurance-Related Medical Institutions Subject to Evaluation)

Article 47 (Evaluation Methods, etc. for Industrial Accident Insurance-Related Medical Institutions)

Article 48 (Requirements and Procedures for Additional Medical Care)

Section 4 Temporary Disability Compensation Benefits

Article 49 (Requirements for Partially Temporary Disability Compensation Benefits)

Article 50 (Procedures for Partially Temporary Disability Compensation Benefits)

Article 51 (Grace Period on Payment of Reduced Amount of Temporary Disability Compensation Benefits for the Aged)

Article 52 (Date of Occurrence of Causes for Calculating Average Wage Due to Additional Medical Care)

Section 5 Disability Benefits

Article 53 (Standards, etc. for Disability Grades)

Article 54 (Interest Rate for Disability Compensation Annuities Paid in Advance)

Article 55 (Persons Subject to Re-determination of Disability Grades, etc.)

Article 56 (Period, etc. for Re-determination of Disability Grades, etc.)

Article 57 (Methods of Payment of Disability Benefits or Pneumoconiosis Compensation Annuities according to Re-Determination of Disability Grades, etc.)

Article 58 (Disability Benefits after Additional Medical Care)

Section 6 Nursing Benefits

Article 59 (Standards for and Method of Paying Nursing Benefits)

Section 7 Survivors' Benefits

Article 60 (Appointment, etc. of Representative for Claiming Survivors' Compensation Annuities)

Article 61 (Scope of Survivors Who Had Shared Same Livelihood with Worker)

Article 62 (Suspension of Payment, etc. of Survivors' Compensation Annuities)

Article 63 (Adjustment of Survivors' Compensation Annuities)

Section 8 Injury-Disease Compensation Annuities

Article 64 (Payment, etc. of Injury-Disease Compensation Annuities)

Article 65 (Standards, etc. for Invalidity Grades)

Section 9 Funeral Expenses

Article 66 (Calculation of Maximum and Minimum Amounts of Funeral Expenses)

Section 10 Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits

Article 67 (Support for Vocational Rehabilitation)

Article 68 (Persons Eligible for Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits)

Article 69 (Restrictions on Payment of Vocational Training Costs)

Article 70 (Requirements for Payment, etc. of Return-to-Work Subsidies, etc.)

Article 71 (Restrictions on Payment of Return-to-Work Subsidies, etc.)

Section 11 Lump-Sum Payment, etc. of Insurance Benefits

Article 72 (Standards for Lump-Sum Payment of Insurance Benefits)

Article 73 (Standards, etc. for Payment of Special Disability Benefits)

Article 74 (Standards, etc. for Payment of Special Survivors' Benefits)

Article 75 (Collection of Special Benefits)

Article 76 (Standards for Adjustment to other Compensation or Indemnity)

Article 77 (Decision, etc. on Beneficiaries of Unpaid Insurance Benefits)

Article 78 (Scope, etc. of Restrictions on Payment of Insurance Benefits)

Article 79 (Collection of Unjust Gains)

Article 80 (Limit to and Procedure for Appropriation of Insurance Benefits, etc.)

Article 81 (Adjustment of Insurance Benefits for Persons Paid Damages from Third Persons)

Article 82 (Subrogation of Right to Receive Insurance Benefits)

Article 83 (Preparation of Insurance Benefit Ledger)

CHAPTER III-2 SPECIAL CASES ON INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS

Article 83-2 (Criteria for Determination of Pneumoconiosis and Decision to Pay Insurance Benefits)

Article 83-3 (Considerations in Determining Death Caused by Pneumoconiosis)

CHAPTER IV LABOR WELFARE PROJECTS

Article 84 (Persons Eligible for Loans for Individual Co-Payment of Medical Care Benefit Costs under National Health Insurance)

Article 85 (Maximum Limit to and Procedure for Appropriation for Loans)

CHAPTER V INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMPENSATION INSURANCE AND PREVENTION FUND

Article 85-2 (Guidelines, etc. for Computation of Contributions)

Article 85-3 (Purposes of Use of Contributions)

Article 85-4 (Additional Contributions and Return of Contributions)

Article 86 (Operation of Fund)

Article 87 (Opening of Fund Accounts)

Article 88 (Payment, etc. of Premiums, etc. into Fund)

Article 89 (Fund Operational Plans)

Article 90 (Criteria for Calculating Liability Reserves)

Article 91 (Accounting Agency, etc. of Fund)

Article 92 (Fund Expenditure-Incurring Actions)

Article 93 (Disbursement of Fund)

Article 94 (Prohibition of Cash Handling)

Article 95 (Statement of Fund Accounts)

CHAPTER VI REQUESTS FOR EXAMINATION AND REEXAMINATION

Article 96 (Methods of Requests for Examination)

Article 97 (Corrections and Dismissals)

Article 98 (Suspension of Execution of Decision, etc. on Insurance Benefits)

Article 99 (Organization of Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Examination Committee)

Article 100 (Operation of Examination Committee)

Article 101 (Methods of Rendering Decisions on Requests for Examination)

Article 102 (Exclusion from Deliberation by Examination Committee)

Article 103 (Investigation for Deliberation)

Article 104 (Payment of Actual Expenses)

Article 105 (Methods of Filing Requests for Reexamination)

Article 106 (Constitution of Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Reexamination Committee)

Article 107 (Operation of Reexamination Committee)

Article 108 (Notification, etc. of Date and Place of Deliberation on Request for Reexamination)

Article 109 (Disclosure of Deliberation)

Article 110 (Deliberative Protocol)

Article 111 (Organization and Operation of Subcommittees)

Article 112 (Placement of Researchers)

Article 113 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)

CHAPTER VII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

Article 114 (Reporting on Changes, etc. in Right to Receive Insurance Benefits)

Article 115 (Reporting on Entitlement of Overseas Residents)

Article 116 (Demands for Reporting and Submission)

Article 117 (Objects, etc. of Demands for Medical Examination)

Article 118 (Medical Institutions for Special Examination)

Article 119 (Temporary Suspension of Insurance Benefits)

Article 120 (Designation of Financial Institutions)

Article 121 (Payment, etc. of Insurance Benefits for On-The-Job Trainees)

Article 122 (Scope of Small and Medium Business Operators)

Article 123 (Standards for Recognition of Occupational Accidents for Small and Medium Business Operators)

Article 124 (Restrictions on Payment of Insurance Benefits to Small and Medium Business Operators)

Article 125 (Scope, etc. of Persons in Special Types of Employment)

Article 126 (Reporting, etc. on Provision of Labor Services by Persons in Special Types of Employment)

Article 127 (Standards for Recognition of Occupational Accidents for Persons in Special Types of Employment)

Article 127-2 (Processing Sensitive Information and Personally Identifiable Information)

Article 127-3 (Assessment of Regulation)

CHAPTER VIII PENALTY PROVISIONS

Article 128 (Imposition of Administrative Fines)

ADDENDA

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 20947, Jul. 29, 2008>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 20966, Aug. 7, 2008>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 21263, Jan. 14, 2009>

ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 21588, Jun. 30, 2009>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 22060, Feb. 24, 2010>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 22101, Mar. 26, 2010>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 22269, Jul. 12, 2010>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 22356, Aug. 25, 2010>

ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 22410, Sep. 29, 2010>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 22492, Nov. 15, 2010>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 22493, Nov. 15, 2010>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 22516, Dec. 7, 2010>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 22637, Jan. 24, 2011>

ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 23468, Dec. 30, 2011>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 23728, Apr. 16, 2012>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 24077, Aug. 31, 2012>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 24177, Nov. 12, 2012>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 24651, Jun. 28, 2013>

ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 25050, Dec. 30, 2013>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 25435, Jun. 30, 2014>

ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 25532, Aug. 6, 2014>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 25840, Dec. 9, 2014>

ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 26094, Feb. 10, 2015>

ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 26196, Apr. 14, 2015>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 27050, Mar. 22, 2016>

ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 27751, Dec. 30, 2016>