Employee:

Boss, may I have some paid-time off? I want to take a vacation

Boss: Paid leave for part-time workers? That doesn’t sound right. I thought only full-time employees got paid vacation

Employee: I’m only part-time-working 20 hours a week. When I asked for paid leave my boss said I’m not entitled to it because I’m not full-time.

InterLEX Lawyer: Actually, Korean law grants paid leave to part-time employees too under specific conditions.
…under Article 60 of the Korean Labor Standards Act, employees who work more than 15 hours a week are entitled to accrue one unit of paid leave proportional to the amount they work each month. If the employee has worked 80% or more of the year, the employee is then entitled to 15 units of paid leave.Though part time, paid leave is a right for even part time employees in many circumstances.

Boss: Really? I didn’t know that applied to part-timers!

Boss: I’m sorry, I didn’t realize the law protected part-time employees’ right to paid leave. Thank you for being patient

Employee: Thank you for understanding

Narrator:

Thanks to knowing their rights, the employee got the well-deserved break they worked for.

Employee:

Thank you InterLEX!