Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals Article 5

Except as otherwise provided in this Act, an employer hiring a foreign professional to engage in professional work in the State as referred to in subparagraph 4 of Article 4 shall apply for a permit to the Ministry of Labor, submitting the relevant documents therewith, and comply with the Employment Service Act in said application. However, for employment to engage in professional work as referred to in subparagraph 3, paragraph 1 of Article 46 of the Employment Service Act and in items 4 and 5, subparagraph 4 of Article 4, the employer shall apply for a permit to the Ministry of Education, submitting the relevant documents therewith.The job qualifications and review criteria for the employment of foreign professionals to engage in the professional work referred to in item 3, subparagraph 4 of Article 4 shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Labor in consultation with the central competent authorities.Regulation on job qualifications, review criteria, permit application, permit revocation, employment supervision, and other matters relating to the employment of foreign professionals to engage in professional work as referred to in the proviso to paragraph 1 shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Education.Supervision of the employment of foreign professionals under paragraph 1 to engage in the professional work referred to in items 4 and 5, subparagraph 4 of Article 4, except as otherwise provided in this Act, shall be handled according to the Employment Service Act pertaining to those engaging in the work referred to in subparagraphs 1 to 6, paragraph 1 of Article 46 of that Act.