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Labor Standards Act

근로기준법

Article 44-2 (Joint Liability for Wage Payment in the Construction Industry)

제44조의2 건설업에서의 임금 지급 연대책임

Ministry
고용노동부
In force
2026-08-20
Articles
131
Original (Korean)

건설업에서 사업이 2차례 이상 「건설산업기본법」 제2조제11호에 따른 도급(이하 "공사도급"이라 한다)이 이루어진 경우에 같은 법 제2조제7호에 따른 건설사업자가 아닌 하수급인이 그가 사용한 근로자에게 임금(해당 건설공사에서 발생한 임금으로 한정한다)을 지급하지 못한 경우에는 그 직상 수급인은 하수급인과 연대하여 하수급인이 사용한 근로자의 임금을 지급할 책임을 진다. <개정 2011.5.24, 2019.4.30>

In cases where a construction project involves subcontracting two or more times as defined in Article 2(11) of the 「Construction Industry Basic Act」 (hereinafter referred to as "construction subcontracting"), if a subcontractor who is not a construction business operator as defined in Article 2(7) of the same Act fails to pay wages (limited to wages incurred in the relevant construction project) to the workers employed by such subcontractor, the immediate contractor shall be jointly liable with the subcontractor for the payment of wages to the workers employed by the subcontractor. <Amended on May 24, 2011, Apr. 30, 2019>

제1항의 직상 수급인이 「건설산업기본법」 제2조제7호에 따른 건설사업자가 아닌 때에는 그 상위 수급인 중에서 최하위의 같은 호에 따른 건설사업자를 직상 수급인으로 본다. <개정 2011.5.24, 2019.4.30>

If the immediate contractor referred to in paragraph (1) is not a construction business operator as defined in Article 2(7) of the 「Construction Industry Basic Act」, the construction business operator as defined in the same Article who is lowest among the higher-level contractors shall be deemed the immediate contractor. <Amended on May 24, 2011, Apr. 30, 2019>

Translation

Machine translation. The Korean text is authoritative.

Statute text is reproduced from 법제처 국가법령정보센터. This is information, not legal advice.

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