Korean certificate of employment — fill in and print
A Korean certificate of employment is issued by the company: it states the company (name, business registration number, representative, address), the employee's name, department, position and period of employment, and what it is for, and carries the company seal.
Fill it in here and the A4 certificate is drawn as you type; save it as a PDF through the print dialog or as a Word file. It also comes in English (Certificate of Employment) for a visa, as a certificate of career for someone who has left, and as a blank form to fill in by hand.
A form to fill in, not legal or tax advice. The company is responsible for what the certificate states; the office it is for may ask for its own form.
What the certificate says and how it is madeHow this works
What a certificate of employment is in Korea
Banks, government offices, schools and embassies in Korea often ask for a certificate of employment — 재직증명서 in Korean: a sheet from the company saying that the person works there, since when and in what role. For someone who has left, the same sheet in the past tense is usually called a certificate of career.
The Labor Standards Act (Article 39) says that when a worker, even one who has left, asks for a certificate of the period of employment, the kind of work, the position, the pay or other items, the employer must issue a truthful one at once, and must state only what the worker asked for. Its enforcement decree (Article 19) gives the right to anyone who worked 30 days or more in a row, up to three years after leaving.
What goes on the sheet
The certificate has an employee table (name, date of birth, department, position, period of employment, purpose) and a company table (company name, business registration number, representative, phone, address), then the sentence that certifies, the date of issue, the company name with the representative, and a square box for the company seal. An issue number prints at the top if you enter one.
Because the law says to state only what the worker asked for, the date of birth, department, position, phone and address are optional: left empty, they are left off rather than printed as empty boxes. The business registration number is checked against its own check digit while you type. A mismatch is only a warning, and the number still prints as typed.
Korean or English, employed or left
Choose Korean for offices in Korea, or English for a visa or an office abroad. The English sheet is titled Certificate of Employment, with the same tables in English and dates written like March 2, 2020. What you type is printed exactly as typed, so for the English sheet type the names, department, position and address in English. The purpose buttons (bank, government office, visa, school, another company) print their own wording in the chosen language; Other prints what you type.
Choose Has left to make a certificate of career: you add the last day, the period reads from the start date to the last day, and the sentence says the person was employed rather than is employed.
Preview, PDF, Word and the blank form
The preview is the A4 sheet itself, drawn by the same code that prints it and writes the Word file. “Save as PDF / Print” opens the print dialog; choose Save as PDF to keep a file. “Word .docx” saves a Word file made in your browser, which Word and Hangul open, for editing before printing. After printing, the company stamps its seal in the box.
For a certificate written by pen, “Print a blank form” and “Blank .docx” give the same sheet with every box empty, in the language and type chosen above.
Your data
Everything is made in your browser. Nothing you type is sent and nothing is stored: closing the page clears the form. As on every tool page here, one count is sent when you print or download: which tool was used and in which language, with nothing from the certificate in it.
This is a form, not legal advice. The company is responsible for what it certifies, and some offices ask for their own form; check with the office the certificate is for.
Does a Korean company have to issue a certificate of employment when asked?
Yes. Under the Labor Standards Act (Article 39), when a worker asks — even after leaving — the employer must at once issue a truthful certificate of the items asked for, such as the period, the kind of work and the position, and only those items. The enforcement decree (Article 19) gives this right to a worker who worked 30 days or more in a row, up to three years after leaving.
Can I make an English certificate of employment for a visa?
Yes. Choose English under “Certificate language”: the sheet is titled Certificate of Employment, with the same tables in English and English dates. Type the names, department, position and address in English, because what you type prints as typed. Some embassies set their own requirements, so check with the one you are applying to.
Is what I type sent or saved anywhere?
No. The certificate is drawn in your browser and nothing typed leaves it or is saved; closing the page clears the form. Only a count of which tool was used, in which language, is sent when you print or download.