Confirmation of qualifications

Identifying a license for the makeup beauty arts business
- An employee engaging in the makeup beauty arts business shall possess a beautician’s (makeup) license (The main body of Article 8(1) of the Public Health Control Act).
· A person who engages in the business without obtaining a license inviolation thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 3 million won (subparagraph6 of Article 20(4) of the Public Health Control Act).
※ However, the license is not required in cases where he/she works as an assistant in the beauty arts business under the supervision of a beautician (makeup) (Proviso to Article 8 (1) of the Public Health Control Act).
Conclusion of an employment contract

Employment contract
- The term "employment contract" means a contract which is entered into in order that a worker offers work for which the employer pays its corresponding wages (Subparagraph 4 of Article 2 (1) of the Labor Standards Act).

Creation and delivery of an employment contract
- When concluding an employment contract, the employer shall state the following matters to the worker by setting them out expressly within the employment contract (Article 17 (1) of the Labor Standards Act and Article 8 of the Enforcement Decree of the Labor Standards Act).
1. Wages
2. Contractual work hours
3. Holidays
4. Annual paid leave
5. Terms and conditions relating to the place of employment and the job assigned
6. Matters set forth in the rules of employment drawn up and reported pursuant to Article 93 of the Labor Standards Act (only applicable to employers who ordinarily employ ten or more workers)
7. Terms and conditions as prescribed in dormitory rules (only applicable to cases where workers are accommodated in a dormitory attached to the place of business)
※ The term "contractual work hours" means work hours on which workers and their employer have made an agreement within the limit of work hours (Subparagraph 8 of Article 2 (1) of the Labor Standards Act).
- An employer shall deliver a written statement to workers specifying constituent items, calculation methods, payment methods of wages, and matters prescribed in subparagraphs 2 through 4 above (The main body of Article 17 (2) of the Labor Standards Act).
Enrollment in four social insurance schemes

Obligation to enroll in four social insurance schemes
- The term “four social insurance schemes" refers to the national pension, national health insurance, industrial accident compensation insurance, employment insurance, and places of business that employ workers (exceptions apply) shall enroll in the four social insurance schemes (Article 8 of the National Pension Act, The main body of Article 6 (2) of the National Health Insurance Act, Article 8 of the Employment Insurance Act and Article 6 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act).

Reporting on enrollment in four social insurance schemes
- National pension
· An employer shall submit the following documents to the National Pension Service by the 15th day of the month subsequent to the month in which the employer became a mandatorily applicable workplace (Article 21 (1) of the National Pension Act and Article 3 and Form 3 of the Enforcement Regulations of the National Pension Act).
√ The relevant report for the mandatorily applicable workplace
√ A copy of the bankbook (applicable only if you are applying for an automatic transfer)
√ A copy of certificate of business registration (the National Pension Service verifies certificates of business registration and corporation registration certificates through joint use of administrative information pursuant to the Electronic Government Act, and this is required only if the applicant does not agree to such verification)
- National health insurance
· If the employer of a workplace with employees subject to the Employment Insurance Act or Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act becomes insured by law, the employer shall submit the following documents to the National Health Insurance Service within 14 days after being insured. (Subparagraph 1 of Article 7 of the National Health Insurance Act, Article 3 (1), Article 4 (2), Form 2, and Form 6 of the Enforcement Regulations of the National Health Insurance Act).
√ A report on applicable workplace (institution)
√ A copy of the bankbook (applicable only if you are applying for an automatic transfer)
√ A report on acquisition of status as insured employee
√ A copy of certificate of business registration (required only if the applicant did not agree to the verification by the National Health Insurance Service of his/her certificate of business registration and corporation registration certificate through joint use of administrative information pursuant to the Electronic Government Act)
- Employment insurance and industrial accident compensation insurance
· A business owner shall, ifhe/she automatically becomes an insurance policyholder as a result of theapplication of the Employment Insurance Act or the Industrial AccidentCompensation Insurance Act, report the formation of insurance relationship tothe Korea Workers' Compensation & Welfare Service, within 14 days from thedate the insurance relationship is formed, by attaching the followingx-documents (The main body of Article 11(1) of the Act on the Collection ofInsurance Premiums, Etc. for Employment Insurance and Industrial AccidentCompensation Insurance and Article 7(1), 16-6, Form 2, and Form 22-5 of theEnforcement Regulations of the Act on the Collection of Insurance Premiums,Etc. for Employment Insurance and Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance).
√ A report on the formation of insurance relationship
√ A report on the acquisition of insured status in relation to employment insurance, and a report on the employment of a worker with industrial accident compensation insurance
※ You may submit your documents by paying direct visits to the individual institutions, or file reports by post or facsimile. You may also report online through the
Four Social Insurance Information System.
※ If you report the four social insurances (health insurance, national pension, industrial accident compensation insurance and employment insurance) through a joint form, they will be handled altogether as a single report without the need to report to each of the four social insurance institutions.