Under the current Act, a business owner of a workplace with three hundred (300) or more regular female workers or five hundred (500) or more regular workers shall establish a workplace child-care center, and in case he/she fails to do so, charges for compelling compliance may be imposed and collected within a frequency not exceeding two (2) times a year, and range not exceeding one hundred million won for each time.

There has been criticism, however, that there are business owners who do not establish workplace child-care centers on the grounds that the cost of establishment is too high and that it is difficult to secure a place for establishment, etc., and instead receive charges for compelling compliance, such that the effectiveness of imposing charges for compelling compliance is limited.

In response, this Amendment aims to improve the effectiveness of the system of charges for compelling compliance by raising the amount of charges for compelling compliance within a range not exceeding 50% after taking into account the number of children of workers subject to child-care within a workplace, the duration of and reasons for the non-establishment of a workplace child-care center, etc. when imposing charges for compelling compliance (Article 44-3 (2), newly inserted).

Allow the relevant Mayor/Do Governor or the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu to impose higher fines for compelling compliance within a range not exceeding 50% after taking into account the number of children of workers subject to child-care within a workplace, the duration of and reasons for the non-establishment of a workplace child-care center, etc. (Article 44-3)