Korean employment contract for part-time workers — fill in and print
Write a Korean employment contract for free on your phone: part-time (alba), open-ended or fixed-term. The form carries the items Korean law says a contract must state, warns you about the minimum wage, rest breaks and the 40-hour week as you type, and saves an A4 contract as a PDF; a blank form to fill in by pen prints too. The blank form also downloads as a PDF to fill in by pen or as a Word (.docx) file to type into, with no sign-up. The printed contract is in Korean, because it is a Korean legal document.
An empty contract of the type chosen above, in Korean. The PDF holds two copies, one for each side; the Word file can be edited before printing.
Printed exactly as typed. The contract always adds that anything not in it follows Korean labor law.
Checks
Based on 2026 law and minimum wage
Hours a week (breaks excluded)
4 h 30 min
Minimum wage, 2026
10,320
Note4 h 30 min a week: under 15 hours a week on a four-week average, the weekly paid holiday and annual paid leave do not apply (Labor Standards Act, Art. 18(3)).
A print window opens. Choose “Save as PDF” as the printer to keep a file. The printed contract is in Korean.
Special cases
Workers under 18: the employer must keep a family-relation certificate showing the age and a consent form from a parent or guardian at the workplace (Labor Standards Act, Art. 66), and the limit is 7 hours a day and 35 a week (Art. 69). Foreign workers hired under the Employment Permit System (E-9 visa) must sign the standard contract set by the ministry (Act on the Employment of Foreign Workers, Art. 9). For these and other unclear cases, ask the Ministry of Employment and Labor's call center (1350) or a certified labor attorney.
Under “Contract type”, choose part-time, open-ended or fixed-term. The blank forms follow this choice too.
For a blank form to fill in by hand, press “PDF” or “Word .docx” under “Download a blank form”, or press “Print a blank form” further down.
To fill it in on screen, complete the employer, worker, hours and pay. The minimum wage, breaks and the 40-hour week are checked under “Checks” as you type.
Press “Save as PDF / Print” and pick “Save as PDF” as the printer to keep a file. The contract prints in Korean.
If something goes wrong
With “Print two copies” ticked, the employer's and the worker's copies print together. Untick it for one copy.
Worker details are never kept. To keep the employer block for next time, tick “Remember the employer details”; it stays in this browser only.
A contract form, not legal advice. The checks use 2026 law and minimum wage and are a guide; the facts of a workplace can change the answer.
What the contract contains and how it is checkedHow this works
What a Korean employment contract must state
Korea's Labor Standards Act (Article 17) says an employer must state the pay, the agreed working hours, the weekly holiday and annual paid leave when hiring, and give the worker a written copy that shows how the pay is made up, worked out and paid. Its enforcement decree adds the place of work and the duties. For part-time and fixed-term workers, a separate act (the Act on the Protection of Fixed-term and Part-time Employees, Article 17) requires all of this in writing, plus the contract period, and for part-timers each working day with its hours.
The printed contract covers each of these: contract period or start date, place of work, duties, working hours and breaks (a row per day for a part-timer), the weekly holiday, pay (hourly, daily or monthly, bonus, other allowances, payday, how it is paid), annual paid leave, social insurance, the duty to give the worker a copy, and a closing line that anything not written follows Korean labor law. The wording is our own; the items follow the law and the ministry's standard contracts.
Three kinds of contract
Part-time is for someone who works fewer hours than a full-timer, the usual case for a shop's part-timer. You list each working day with its start, finish and break; the contract prints a table and the weekly total. An end date is optional. An overtime clause can be added: work beyond the agreed hours needs the worker's consent, is capped at 12 hours a week, and at workplaces with five or more regular workers is paid at least 50% extra.
Open-ended is a regular job with no end date. Fixed-term has an end date. Both use one daily schedule and a number of working days a week.
The checks while you type
Minimum wage: the 2026 hourly minimum is 10,320 won and the 2027 one, already announced, is 10,700 won. The year of the start date picks which one is used. An hourly wage is compared directly. A daily wage is compared with the hourly minimum times the longest working day. A monthly wage is compared with the hourly minimum times the monthly hours: the weekly hours plus the paid weekly holiday, times 365 ÷ 7 ÷ 12, rounded. For 40 hours a week that is 209 hours, or 2,156,880 won in 2026. That figure is an estimate, because which pay items count toward the minimum wage is set separately.
Breaks: each day with 4 hours of work or more needs at least 30 minutes of break during the shift, and 8 hours or more needs at least 1 hour (Article 54). A 2026 amendment lets a worker who works 4 hours that day ask to leave without the break; it takes effect six months after it was promulgated, and the check still shows the default. Hours: more than 8 a day or 40 a week is flagged (Article 50). For a part-timer, the page notes whether the week is under 15 hours: below that, on a four-week average, the weekly paid holiday and annual paid leave do not apply (Article 18(3)). These are warnings only; the contract always prints.
Printing, copies and signatures
“Save as PDF / Print” opens the print dialog with an A4 contract. With “Print two copies” on, it prints one copy for the employer and one for the worker, each starting on a new sheet. The employer must give the worker a copy even if the worker does not ask. Both sides sign by hand on the signature lines. “Print a blank form” prints the same contract with empty lines, for filling in with a pen. The same blank form also downloads, near the top of the page: a PDF holding the two copies, to print and fill in by pen, or a Word (.docx) file made in your browser, to type into before printing.
The contract is in Korean whatever language you read this page in, because it is a Korean legal document. Typed text, such as duties or allowances, prints exactly as typed, so write it in Korean.
Your data, and when to ask someone
Everything is made in your browser; nothing you type is sent. As on every tool page here, one count is sent when you print or download a form: which tool was used and in which language, with nothing from the contract in it. If you tick “Remember the employer details”, only the employer block is kept in this browser; unticking deletes it. Worker details are never kept.
This is a form, not legal advice. Workers under 18 and foreign workers hired under the Employment Permit System (E-9) have extra rules, set out above the explainer. When a case is unclear, the Ministry of Employment and Labor's call center (1350) or a certified labor attorney can advise.
Does a part-timer who works only a few hours a week need a written contract?
Yes. The written-contract rules (Labor Standards Act, Article 17, and for part-timers the Fixed-term and Part-time Employees Act, Article 17) have no hours threshold, and the ministry says they apply to workplaces of every size, including those with fewer than five workers. The 15-hours-a-week line decides whether the weekly paid holiday and annual paid leave apply, not whether a contract is needed.
Do I have to give the worker a copy?
Yes. The employer must give the worker a written copy showing the pay, hours, holidays and leave, even if the worker does not ask. With “Print two copies” on, this page prints one copy for each side on separate sheets.
What must a part-time employment contract in Korea include?
The contract period, the place of work and the duties, the pay (how it is made up, worked out and paid), the working hours, the weekly holiday and annual paid leave, all in writing — and for a part-timer, each working day with its hours (Labor Standards Act, Article 17, and the Fixed-term and Part-time Employees Act, Article 17). The contract this page prints has all of these; enter each working day's start, finish and break and it prints a table by day with the weekly total. A blank version also downloads as a PDF or a Word file.