{
  "id": 2059157,
  "title": "Foreign workers should be granted reemployment in case of employer mistake: watchdog",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/foreign-workers-should-be-granted-reemployment-in-case-of-employer-2059157",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T02:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/globalcommunity/20260820/foreign-workers-should-be-granted-reemployment-in-case-of-employer-mistake-watchdog"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The state civil rights commission has urged the labor ministry to permit foreign workers to resume employment if their employers mistakenly fail to apply for an extension of their work permit, according to officials. This recommendation stems from a case where a foreign worker in Gimpo, west of Seoul, became an illegal immigrant after their employer made an error in processing their paperwork. The worker had been employed on an E-9 visa but became a legal quandary when the employer applied for an extension of their stay, but not their employment. Upon discovering the mistake, the employer promptly applied for the employment extension, but the labor ministry denied the request due to the deadline having passed. The watchdog body argued that it would be fitting to allow such workers to return to their jobs in cases where the expiration of their work permit was not their fault. Furthermore, the commission proposed that the labor ministry devise measures to refine regulations to handle similar situations more effectively.",
  "summary": "The state civil rights commission has recommended the labor ministry to allow reemployment of foreign workers in the event their employers fail to apply for an extension of their employment by mistake, officials said Thursday. The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission made the recommendation to revise related regulations after a foreign worker, who has been working in Gimpo, west of Seoul,…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Foreign workers should be granted reemployment in case of employer mistake: watchdog",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/foreign-workers-should-be-granted-reemployment-in-case-of-employer",
        "published": "2026-08-20T01:34:02.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}