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Main Foreign Workers Employment Support Process of EPS

Process of EPS

Selection of Foreign Workers

표제목

EPS-TOPIK
Test Section	Listening & reading(25 questions each)
	Multiple choice (4 options)
	★Caution★ Passing is a basic requirement of employment in Korea but it does not guarantee employment
Pass Criterion	Among scorers above the lowest standard by industry, successful candidates are determined in the order of grades up to the expected number.
Skills Test
Test Section	Physical fitness, interview, basic job performance skills
Application	The examination result is provided to the employer as basic data along with the interview video and other relevant information.

 

Employment Procedure

 

Sojourn Support

Training Program

• Provide counseling on grievances, resolving issues, and mediating disagreement for foreign workers and their employers
• Provide information on the Korean language and laws related to livelihood
• Provide interpretation and translation along with other sojourn support services

Counseling Service

• Monitoring program in the early stage of entry
• Foreign workers help center (7 regional bases, 26 local offices)
• 24 hour hot line for both employers and foreign workers’ counseling (Interpretation service is available free of charge to
  foreign workers)

 

(Dial) ☎ 1577-0071 + Select Language Number +
1	Korea (Korean)	2	China (Chinese)	3	Vietnam (Vietnamese)
4	Philippines (Tagalog)	5	English-Speaking Countries (English)	6	Thailand (Thai)
7	Indonesia (Indonesian)	8	Sri Lanka (Sinhala)	9	Mongolia (Mongolian)
10	Uzbekistan (Uzbek)	11	Cambodia (Khmer)	12	Bangladesh (Bengali)
13	Pakistan (Urdu)	14	Nepal (Nepali)	15	Myanmar (Burmese)
16	Kirgizstan (Kirgiz)	17	East Timor (Tetum)	18	Laos(Lao)

 

Return Support

표제목

Campaign for Voluntary Return	Social networking for returnees Job information sharing in home countries Job training for local Korean companies
Re-entry system of Foreign Committed Workers	Foreign workers who have worked for 4 years 10 months without changing workplace Come back after 3 months and work for an additional 4 years and 10 months
Re-entry by special EPS-TOPIK	Foreign workers who have been employed under the EPS for 3 years and returned     to their country voluntarily within the term (E-9) Allowed to come back earlier and not required to take job training session before entry