The current Act prescribes that where a job offerer finalizes the job seekers to hire, he/she shall without delay notify the job seekers of whether they are hired or not. However, a survey of 1,689 businesses in 2015 revealed that 61.5% of respondents did not notify unsuccessful applicants of their hiring results. For job seekers not to waste time and be deprived of other job opportunities, there is a need to ensure job offerers notify job applicants of whether they are hired or not.
Accordingly, the Amendment prescribes that where a job offerer finalizes the job seekers to hire, he/she shall notify the job seekers of whether they are hired or not within 7 days, and imposes an administrative fine on the job offerer of up to 1 million won for violation, thereby aiming to prevent disadvantageous treatment to job seekers arising from lack of such notification.
Furthermore, the Amendment also prescribes that a job offerer of a business or business site that employs no less than a certain number of full-time workers shall pay candidates who are interviewed the expenses incurred in attending such interview, thereby aiming to reduce the burden on job seekers (Article 9-2; Article 17, paragraph 3 newly inserted; and Article 10).

A job offerer of a business or business site that employs no less than the number of full-time workers specified by Presidential Decree shall pay candidates who are interviewed the expenses incurred in attending such interview (Article 9-2)

Where a job offerer finalizes the job seekers to hire, he/she shall notify the job seekers within 7 days of whether or not they are hired (Article 10)