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Exclusion of farm workers from working-hours rules
Constitutional Court of Korea · South Korea · 2021-08-31 · National court
Citation: 2018Hun-Ma563
Type of case: Constitutional and human rights
Outcome: Decided against the migrant side
Question
Does excluding agricultural workers from the Labor Standards Act’s rules on hours, breaks and rest days breach their rights?
What the court decided
No. The exclusion in Article 63 was upheld.
In plain language
A Cambodian farm worker in Korea challenged the rule that farm workers get no legal limits on hours or rest days. The Constitutional Court kept the rule.
Dalam bahasa sederhana
Seorang pekerja pertanian asal Kamboja di Korea menggugat aturan bahwa pekerja pertanian tidak punya batas jam kerja atau hari libur. MK mempertahankan aturan itu.
Pertanyaan: Apakah mengecualikan pekerja pertanian dari aturan jam kerja, istirahat dan hari libur melanggar hak mereka?
What happened afterwards
- 2021-08-31: Decision.
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Cite as: Institute for Migrant Rights (2026), Migration Jurisprudence from the South, version 0.1, https://theimr.org/court-decisions/d/kr-farm-hours-2021/. This page summarizes a court decision for research and advocacy; it is not legal advice.