The Philippine Embassy wishes to share with the Filipino community in Korea the attached Notice from the Ministry of Employment and Labor on the Partial Amendment on Korea's Act on Employment of Foreign Workers which was promulgated on 13 April 2021 and takes effect today, 14 October 2021.

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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