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Annual leave pay calculator

Work out the pay for unused Korean annual leave from the ordinary wage, what is due now or on leaving, and when to claim it.

Annual leave

Employment

Counts the leave that has arisen up to this day.

Leave year

Workplace size (regular workers)

The 15 days and extra days arise only if the workplace had 5 or more workers for the whole year before (Enforcement Decree art. 7-2(3)). Leave blank if it always had 5 or more.

Ordinary wage

The working hours here also set whether leave is counted in hours (part-time).

Working hours per day set in the contract. Anything over 8 hours counts as 8 (Labor Standards Act art. 50).

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Allowances paid regularly and to everyone in the group, such as job, position, licence or family allowances and a flat meal allowance.

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Regular bonuses, bonuses paid only to those still employed (Supreme Court en banc ruling of 19 December 2024) and the guaranteed part of performance pay. Divided by 12.

Base hours and rounding

For example 4 if Saturday has 4 paid hours, giving 226 hours a month (MOEL guidance 713).

Contracted hours per week
40 h
Monthly base hours(40 h + paid holiday 8 h) × 365 ÷ 84 = 208.57 → 209 h
209 h
Monthly ordinary wage2,156,880 + 0 + 0 ÷ 12 = 2,156,880
2,156,880 won
Hourly ordinary wage2,156,880 ÷ 209 h = 10,320 → rounded 10,320
10,320 won
Contracted hours per day
8 h
Daily ordinary wage10,320 × 8 h = 82,560
82,560 won

Item-by-item check: Ordinary wage calculator

Leave used for each grant

Enter the start date and the date to check.

Result

Leave pay due now0 won
Pay if the remaining leave expires0 won
Hourly ordinary wage10,320 won
Daily ordinary wage82,560 won

How it is calculated

  • Leave pay = unused hours × hourly ordinary wage, that is unused days × daily ordinary wage (Labor Standards Act art. 60(5); Enforcement Decree art. 6(3)). For part-time workers, unused leave hours × hourly wage (Enforcement Decree, Table 2).
  • While employed, leave that expires unused is paid on the next payday. On leaving, all unused leave is paid within 14 days, including the 15 days that arise if you work through the day after a full year (Supreme Court 2003da48549).
  • If the employer lawfully urged use in writing at the set times and the leave expired, no pay is owed (art. 61). Leave cut short by leaving is still paid.
  • Leave pay is a wage: claims expire after 3 years, and late payment carries 20% a year interest (arts. 49 and 37).
  • Workplaces with 4 or fewer workers and workers under 15 hours a week have no annual leave, so no leave pay (Enforcement Decree, Table 1; art. 18(3)).

The pay month used is usually the last month the leave could be used; company rules may use the average wage instead. Amounts under 1 won are rounded. This is a guide, not legal advice.

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