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It is a comprehensive protective law regarding workers' working conditions, enacted and promulgated pursuant to the provision of Article 32, Paragraph 3 of the Constitution, 'The standards for working conditions shall be determined by law to guarantee human dignity.' It was first enacted and promulgated as Law No. 286 on May 10, 1953, and re-enacted and promulgated on March 13, 1997. This law consists of 12 chapters—General Provisions, Employment Contracts, Wages, Working Hours and Rest, Women and Minors, Safety and Health, Skill Acquisition, Compensation for Injuries, Employment Regulations, Dormitories, Labor Inspectors, Penalties—and Supplementary Provisions. The purpose of this law is to guarantee and improve the basic livelihood of workers by establishing standards for working conditions and to contribute to the balanced development of the national economy (Article 1 of the same law). Meanwhile, the working conditions stipulated in this law are minimum standards, so the parties in the employment relationship cannot lower the working conditions on the grounds of these standards (Article 2 of the same law).