평생교육법상 유급학습휴가제의 개선 방향에 관한 연구 - 개정법률(안)의 법적 타당성 분석을 중심으로 -

The Lifelong Education Law Amendments (draft), which were presented at the Korean National Assembly in July 2007, allow up to 10 days of paid educational leave if desired. Paid educational leave is a core issue in the legal system of workers' education, but they cause the labor workers, the employers, and the government to confront one another as they lobby their individual interest. The legislation of paid educational leave is to provide time (leave) and wages (paid) for education (learning) in order to secure labor workers' right to pursue lifelong learning. However, "the learning leave system" of the Lifelong Education Law is a provisional item that is rarely practiced in real life. In the Lifelong Education Law Amendments draft (Article 7), paid educational leave system has the purpose to secure lifelong learning rights. Moreover, this system uses appropriate measures to achieve it. Lifelong learning opportunities will achieve public benefit with minimum damage to employers as long as workers are given up to 10 days of paid educational leave a year and employers are obliged to provide a minimum wage and book costs. In this respect, it is possible to say that the legislation of paid educational leave can be constitutionally justified. Based on the above discussions, the specific measures for the improvement are discussed for the Lifelong Education Law Amendments (draft) in detail. Therefore, it is necessary to recognize paid educational leave as a definite right and its scope should be expanded.