Amendment Of The Worker Dispatching Act

The bill to amend the Act for Securing the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatching Undertakings and Improved Working Conditions for Dispatched Workers (the "Worker Dispatching Act") was enacted on September 11, 2015, and came into force on September 30, 2015.

The amendment states that (1) all dispatching organizations need to obtain permission from the government to dispatch workers (formerly, merely a notification to the government was enough depending on the dispatched worker's employment status); (2) dispatching organizations are obligated to provide education, training and career consulting to dispatched workers, and to, at the end of the dispatch period, take measures to aid dispatched workers achieve stable employment and (3) the "26 special job categories" which had no restrictions on dispatch periods have been abolished and, regardless of job category, the period for which employers may continuously receive workers from dispatching services at the same