ARTICLE 2 (DEFINITIONS)

The meanings of terms used in this Act shall be as follows. <Amended on March 20, 2018, January 15, 2019, May 26, 2020> 1. "Worker" means a person who provides labor to a business or workplace for wages, regardless of the type of occupation. 2. "Employer" means an employer, a business manager, or any other person acting on behalf of the employer regarding matters concerning workers. 3. "Labor" means mental and physical labor. 4. "Labor contract" means a contract concluded with the purpose of a worker providing labor to an employer and the employer paying wages for it. 5. "Wages" means all money and goods paid by the employer to the worker as consideration for labor, under any title such as wages, salary, or other. 6. "Average wage" means the amount obtained by dividing the total amount of wages paid to the worker during the three months preceding the date on which the reason for calculating it arises, by the total number of days in that period. This shall also apply to cases where the worker has been employed for less than three months. 7. "One week" means seven days, including holidays. 8. "Prescribed working hours" means the working hours determined between the worker and the employer within the scope of working hours under Article 50, the main clause of Article 69, or Article 139 (1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. 9. "Part-time worker" means a worker whose prescribed working hours per week are shorter than the prescribed working hours per week of a regular worker engaged in the same type of work at that workplace.