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The purpose of this Act is to contribute to achieving stability in individual labor

relationships,while ensuring the protection of workers, through facilitating reasonable determination of or changes to working conditions, by providing for the principle of agreement,
under which a labor contract shall be established or changed by agreement through voluntary negotiation between a worker and an employer, and other basic matters concerning labor contracts.

A labor contract shall be concluded or changed between a worker and an employer by agreement on an equal basis.

A labor contract shall be concluded or changed between a worker and an employer while giving consideration to the balance of treatment according to the actual conditions of work.

A labor contract shall be concluded or changed between a worker and an employer while giving consideration to the harmony between work and private life.

A worker and an employer shall comply with the labor contract and shall exercise their rights and perform their obligations in good faith.

Neither worker nor employer shall, when exercising his/her right under the labor contract, abuse such right.

An employer shall ensure that a worker gains an in-depth understanding of the working conditions and the contents of the labor contract presented to the worker.

A worker and an employer shall confirm the contents of the labor contract (including matters concerning a fixed-term labor contract), whenever possible in writing.

An employer shall, in association with a labor contract, give the necessary consideration to allow a worker to work while securing the safety of his/her life, body and the like.