Anti-Corruption Commission Seeks to Prevent Illegal Employment with Disciplinary Dismissal Employment Restriction Manual

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission announced that it will release the operational manual for the employment restriction system for disciplinary dismissal cases on November 28.

On the 24th of last month, Hong Youngcheol, Director of the Review Planning Division at the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, announced the "2025 First Half Year Disciplinary Dismissal Inspection Results" at the Government Complex Sejong. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

The manual includes a checklist to verify whether an individual qualifies as a disciplinary dismissal case and whether employment restriction regulations have been violated, as well as various violation cases identified through previous inspections. In particular, it also contains procedures for pre-verification by employment-restricted institutions and the obligation for public institutions to provide guidance on employment restrictions to individuals dismissed for disciplinary reasons, in order to prevent illegal employment in advance.

According to Article 82 of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission Act, a public official who has been dismissed for corruption related to their duties or who has been fined more than 3 million won after retirement is classified as a disciplinary dismissal case, and employment at companies related to their previous work is restricted for five years.

Last month, the commission inspected 1,612 individuals dismissed for disciplinary reasons, uncovered 11 cases of illegal employment, and requested the cancellation of employment in 3 cases and prosecution in 7 cases.

Kim Eungtae, Director of the Review and Protection Bureau at the commission, said, "We expect that the distribution of this manual will improve understanding of the employment restriction system for disciplinary dismissal cases and help prevent illegal employment."

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