Part-Time Work Practices That Violate Labor Laws

Practices listed as violating laws

The 2025 guidance lists these types of part-time work as violating laws:

- Intermediary or referral work for a for-profit employment-placement business. The guidance states that this conflicts with the purpose of the Employment Security Act concerning mediation in establishing employment relationships. - Work that may involve intervening in a labor dispute. The guidance refers to Article 20 of the Employment Security Act. - Piece-rate work without a guaranteed fixed wage. The guidance refers to Article 27 of the Labor Standards Act. - Work related to multi-level marketing or pyramid schemes. The guidance refers to the Act on Prevention of Pyramid Schemes. - Recruitment or hiring that targets only men or only women. The guidance refers to the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment. - Recruitment or hiring that applies different conditions by sex. - Recruitment or hiring that sets the number of hires separately by sex. The table identifies the Equal Employment Opportunity Act as the shared legal reference for these two practices.