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Weekly holiday pay calculator

Work out Korean weekly holiday pay (juhyu sudang) from the hourly or daily wage and the weekly scheduled hours, with the attendance rules.

Pay and schedule

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Hours:minutes set in the contract, such as 20:00 or 37:30, without overtime.

Did you work every scheduled day that week?

Being late or leaving early is not an absence. Days of annual leave count as worked.

Are you still employed on the last day of that week?

If you work Monday to Friday and leave on Saturday, there is no weekly holiday pay for that week. Working the next week is not required.

Regular employees

Weekly holiday pay applies to workplaces of every size.

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Days a week that full-time staff doing the same work are scheduled, usually 5 (Enforcement Decree table 2).

Weekly holiday pay

Weekly holiday pay (1 week)82,560 won
Weekly holiday hours8 h
Per month358,743 won
Hourly wage10,320 won
Weekly holiday hours
40 h a week ÷ 5 days = 8 h
Weekly holiday pay (1 week)
10,320 won × 8 h = 82,560 won

Per month = weekly amount × 365 ÷ 7 ÷ 12 (about 4.345 weeks). A monthly salary already includes weekly holiday pay.

How it is calculated

  • Employees who work every scheduled day of a week get at least one paid holiday a week (Labor Standards Act art. 55(1), Enforcement Decree art. 30(1)).
  • There is no weekly holiday when scheduled hours average under 15 a week over 4 weeks (art. 18(3)), judged on the 4 weeks before.
  • Weekly holiday pay = scheduled hours per day × hourly wage. Scheduled hours per day = weekly scheduled hours ÷ workdays of full-time staff (usually 5), up to 8 hours (Enforcement Decree table 2).
  • Employment must last to the end of the week. Working the next week is not required (MOEL interpretation, 4 August 2021).
  • Amounts are rounded to the won. A monthly salary (209 hours) already includes weekly holiday pay, so it is not added again.

This is a guide, not legal advice.

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