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The purposes of standard working hours are to rehabilitate the employee from mental and physical labor fatigue, preserve labor service, and guarantee the employee's right to participate in social and cultural activities. Overtime work refers to working hours that exceed the standard working hours specified in the Labor Standards Act. Adult employees may extend working hours up to 12 hours per week. But the employer engaged in any business of transportation, sale of goods and storage, finance, insurance, communications, advertisement, etc., may have his/her employees work for more than 12 hours of extended work in a week, and may adjust their recess time. This study starts from the question when this regulation appeared in Korea Labor Standard Act and how it has evolved. The comparative research in relations to ILO, EU, Germany, France, and Japan found immoderate exceptions in applying overtime work rules in Korea. In conclusion, this study made an alternative concerning the regal reformation