Programmers

Programmers Terms of Purchase (For Corporate Members)

Article 1 [Purpose]

The purpose of these Terms of Purchase (hereinafter, the “Agreement”) is to set forth necessary matters for the use and purchase of contents and recruitment services provided for corporate members by Grepp Inc. (hereinafter, the “Company”) though the Company’s Programmers website.

Article 2 [Definition]

The following terms shall have the following meaning in this Agreement. Any other terms not defined herein shall be in accordance with definitions in Article 2 of the Terms and Conditions, and other matters shall be in accordance with general commercial practice.

“Contents” shall refer to services including coding problems, coding tests, educational contents, postings, complimentary tickets for payment plans, exclusive of recruitment services.
“Recruitment Services” shall refer to the recruitment consulting services where the Company recommends a well-qualified person as an executive or employee for a corporate member through Programmers website, etc.
“Recruitment Fees” shall refer to the charges payable a corporate member upon finalization of the employment.
“Basic Fees” shall refer to the charges for recruitment entrustment which are included in the Recruitment Fees.
“Corporate Member(s)” shall refer to the user(s) utilizing the Programmers business services by creating the corporate account.

Article 3 [Effect and Amendment]

① This Agreement shall be valid for any and all Corporate Members in need of using the Contents and the Recruitment Services.

② Provisions of this Agreement shall take effect upon announced to the Corporate Member through postings by the Company on the initial screen or interconnected screen of the Programmers website, or through other methods, and consented by the Corporate Member.

③ Any matter not specified herein shall be in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws including the acts on consumer protection, etc. and general commercial practice.

④ The Company may amend this Agreement if necessary, and in case of amendment, the Company shall indicate the effective date and grounds for amendment and make an announcement in the same methods as described in Paragraph 2 seven (7) days prior to the application of the amended provisions; provided, however, that if such amendment is against the benefits of the Corporate Member, the Company shall make an announcement thirty (30) days prior to the application and personally notify the Corporate Member via email, etc. (Announcement on the website shall be deemed as personally notified only in the case such personal notification is hardly available due to the Corporate Member’s failure to specify the contact information or the change thereof.)

⑤ If the Corporate Member fails to express its intent of refusal by the effective date of the amendment despite the announcement or notification by the Company in its process of announcing or notifying the amendment pursuant to Paragraph 4 that the Corporate Member’s failure to express its intent of refusing the amendment by the effective date shall be deemed as a consent to the amendment, the Corporate Member shall be deemed to have consented to the amendment. The Corporate Member may suspend the use of purchase services and terminate the usage agreement if it does not consent to the amendment.

⑥ Consent to this Agreement shall be deemed an agreement to visit, on a regular basis, Programmers website operated by the Company and to check any modified provisions of this Agreement. Any loss incurred from the Corporate Member’s failure to check the amended Agreement shall not be borne by the Company.

Article 4 [Regulations on Product Purchases]

① Regulations on Purchasing Paid Contents

The agreement on the use of paid Contents shall be established when the Corporate Member consents to the terms of use such as quantity and effective duration of the paid Contents and then pays the service fees separately determined using the methods specified by the Company.
If the Corporate Member falls under Article 9(4) of the Company’s Terms and Conditions, the Corporate Member may not claim its rights under this Agreement, and the Company may cancel or terminate the usage agreement.
Company may refuse to approve the application for subscription in any of the following cases:
- When the Company is unable to check the payment since the Corporate Member has not or wrongly made payment;
- When the Company is unable to check the HR manager of the Corporate Member;
- When the Corporate Member applying for subscription has ever been restricted from using the services or sanctioned within the recent three (3) months in accordance with this Agreement as well as other service operation policies of the Company; and
- Otherwise when the Company deems the approval as inappropriate.

② Regulations on Purchasing Recruitment Services

Obligations of the Corporate Member
- Job offer will be made when the Corporate Member consents hereto and participates in every service related to the recruitment services such as by posting vacancy announcement on Programmers website, and if the Corporate Member hires any prospective employee recommended by the Company, the Corporate Member shall fully perform its obligations prescribed in this Paragraph.
Procedures
1. When proceeding with the recruitment-related services based on the information of prospective employees provided by the Company, the terms of this services shall be deemed accepted, and whether to confirm employment shall be determined.
2. The Corporate Member shall not post on Programmers the vacancy announcement for an intern, contract based position (less than one-year term or less than 40 million KRW for annual salary), freelancer, outsourced position, etc. except for full-time permanent position (or contract-based position for more than one-year term).
3. Interview results for a prospective employee shall be notified to the Company and the prospective employee by the Corporate Member within fourteen (14) days from the interview, and for a successful candidate, the Corporate Member shall also notify an annual salary contract containing the following details or evidencing materials informing the salary information:
  - Expected date of entry;
  - Annual wage (including all allowances such as a basic salary, fixed bonus, other fixed allowances, etc.); and
  - Other matters to be notified to a successful candidate
4. Despite the circumstances that the Company offers a prospective employee to the Corporate Member and the Corporate Member gets to know the prospective employee through other channels within 6 months and hires him/her, such prospective employee shall be deemed to have been recognized through the Recruitment Service, and the agreed fees stipulated in Article 4(2)-Subparagraph 3 shall be paid regardless of termination hereof. If the Corporate Member has known the prospective employee before recommendation, the Corporate Member shall notify such fact to the Company within fourteen (14) days from the date when the application of the prospective employee was received, together with objective materials evidencing such fact. If the Company does not raise any objection to the notification made by the Corporate Member within fourteen (14) days, such prospective employee shall be excluded from the list of prospective employees recommended by the Company.
5. If the Company has ever tried to be freed from any money payable to the Company in accordance with this Agreement such as by concealing the prospective employee’s employment, the Corporate Member shall bear any and all civil and criminal responsibilities in connection therewith.
Payment of Recruitment Service Fees and Refund (indemnification)
1. When finalizing the employment of a prospect employee to a full-time permanent position (or contract-based position for more than one-year term), the Corporate Member shall pay 7% of the annual salary contracted with the prospective employee (VAT excluded) to the Company in cash as contingency fees. In such a case, annual salary shall include all allowances including a basic salary, bonus, annual/monthly leave, other allowances, etc. as prescribed in Article 4(2)-Subparagraph 2 of this Agreement. The rate of payment varies depending on the Recruitment Services provided by the Company, thus, each Corporate Member shall check the price instruction page (business.programmers.co.kr/pricing) before using the service.
2. Fees shall be paid within fourteen (14) days from the date a prospective employee makes first attendance.
3. When separately entering into a probation agreement during the period of probation which contains different salary conditions compared to full-time permanent position, the Corporate Member shall make advance payment for fees by converting wages of the probation agreement to annual salary. If a contract for full-time permanent position is additionally made after termination of the probation period, the Recruitment Fees in the amount of 7% of annual salary of full-time permanent position shall be later paid after deducting previously paid fees for probation period, and the payment shall be made within fourteen (14) days from the date of drafting a salary contract
  - Pre-paid fees: salary converted under a probation agreement * 7% (VAT excluded)
  - Later-paid fees: annual salary under full-time permanent position contract * 7% (VAT excluded)
4. The payment shall be made to an account designated by the Company. If wages or fees are paid in any currency other than Korean Won, the amount of payment as of billing shall be applied by exchange rate as of the billing date.
5. In the case where a finalized employee voluntarily resigns within ninety (90) days from the date of first attendance after finalization of his/her employment, or the employment contract is terminated due to the employee’s drop-out of probation after evaluated by the Corporate Member as lacking capacity, the Corporate Member shall notify the Company within seven (7) days from the date of termination, together with objective reasons for termination. In such a case, the Company shall pay to the Corporate Member the remaining amount of the Recruitment Fees already paid, exclusive of the Basic Fees for the cancellation of employment. The Basic Fees, in this case, shall be 20% of the Recruitment Fees and shall be returned to the Corporate Member within fourteen (14) days.
6. As exemption from responsibilities due to reasons attributable to the Corporate Member, if a finalized employee resigns on the following reasons, the Company is not obliged to return the fees to the Corporate Member:
  - If the employee resigns due to department liquidation, layoff or recommended voluntary resignation as a result of the Corporate Member’s restructuring (including disastrous situation such as Covid-19);
  - If the employee resigns due to the Corporate Member’s overdue payment of wages, bankruptcy and disreputable incidents (e.g. sexual harassment); and
  - If the employees resigns due to reasons not attributable to the finalized employees as the Corporate Member fails to fulfill or arbitrarily changes agreement on wages, duties, positon, works and other conditions agreed with the finalized employee or otherwise engages in any acts against the equal treatment of employees under the Labor Standards Act.
7. If there is any separate agreement on the Recruitment Fees, such separate agreement shall take precedence over this Terms of Purchase.

Article 5 [Subscription Withdrawal and Refund]

① Subscription Withdrawal of Paid Contents and Refund
The Corporate Member may withdraw its subscription (cancel the purchases) without any extra charge within seven (7) days from the date the paid Contents were purchased or became available; provided, however, that the withdrawal of subscription (cancellation of purchase) of the paid Contents shall be restricted pursuant to Article 17(2) of the Act on the Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, Etc. in the case such contents have been already used, are deemed to have been used or otherwise have the characteristics equivalent thereto at the time the withdrawal of subscription was requested, and the Corporate Member may only get a refund for unused portions. In such a case, the amount of refund shall be differently calculated depending on the purchased items.

② Termination of Recruitment Services
The Corporate Member may, at any time, terminate the use of the Recruitment Services by withdrawing the membership or deleting the vacancy announcement; provided, however, that if the Corporate Member hires the prospective employee within one (1) year from the point the Company has suggested such person, obligation to pay the Recruitment Fees pursuant to Article 4(3) hereof shall remain valid. Further, when the Company hires the same prospective employee through any third party other than the Company, the prospective employee shall not be deemed as suggested by the Company in the case the date of application by the prospective employee is earlier than the date the Company has made suggestions.

③ Refund of Recruitment Services
In the case the finalized employee voluntarily resigns, or is dismissed by the Company during the probation due to lack of capacity within three (3) months of the finalization of employment, the Corporate Member shall notify the Company within one (1) week upon the date such reason of dismissal has occurred. In such a case, the Company shall pay to the Corporate Member the remaining amount exclusive of the Basic Fees for the cancellation of employment. The Basic Fees, in this case, shall be 20% of the Recruitment Fees.

Article 6 [Effect of Withdrawal, Etc.]

① When the Corporate Member withdraws from subscription, the Company shall collect or delete the relevant paid Contents without delay, and return the price paid or give a refund through payment cancellation within three (3) business days from the date of collection or deletion.

② In the case the Corporate Member has made payment using a credit card or other methods of payment determined in the Enforcement Decree to the Act on the Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, Etc., the Company shall, without delay, request the business operator who has provided such method of payment to suspend or cancel billing; provided, however, that when the Company has already received money from the payment service provider, the Company shall give a refund to the payment service provider and notify such to the Corporate Member.

Article 7 [Protection and Management of Personal Information]

① The Company shall endeavor to protect the Corporate Member’s personal information including its account as specified in the relevant laws and regulations. Protection and use of the Corporate Member’s personal information shall be in accordance with the related laws and Privacy Policy separately set forth and announced by the Company (posted at: underneath the left side of Programmers homepage).

② The Company shall not bear any liability for the Corporate Member’s personal information disclosed due to reasons attributable to the Corporate Member.

Article 8 [Miscellaneous]

① The Company may temporarily or permanently modify or suspend all or part of specific services or functions, if necessary, by giving an advance notification via Programmers website and individual emails, etc.

② Each party shall assign or dispose of the rights and obligations hereunder to any third party without the written consent of the other party.

③ Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by the competent court having jurisdiction over the address of the Company’s head office.

Date of publication: January 4, 2021
Effective date: February 4, 2021

Programmers Terms of Purchase (For Personal Members)

Article 1 [Purpose]

The purpose of these Terms of Purchase (hereinafter, the “Agreement”) is to set forth necessary matters for the use and purchase of contents provided for users by Grepp Inc. (hereinafter, the “Company”) though the Company’s Programmers website.

Article 2 [Definition]

“Contents” shall refer to services including coding problems, coding tests, educational contents, postings, complimentary tickets for payment plans, exclusive of recruitment services.
“Recruitment Services” shall refer to the recruitment consulting services where the Company recommends a well-qualified person as an executive or employee for a corporate member through Programmers website, etc.
“Recruitment Fees” shall refer to the charges payable a corporate member upon finalization of the employment.
“Basic Fees” shall refer to the charges for recruitment entrustment which are included in the Recruitment Fees.

Article 3 [Effect and Amendment]

① This Agreement shall be valid for any and all users in need of using the Contents.

② Provisions of this Agreement shall take effect upon announced to users through postings by the Company on the initial screen or interconnected screen of the Programmers website, or through other methods, and consented by the users.

③ Any matter not specified herein shall be in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws including the acts on consumer protection, etc. and general commercial practice.

④ The Company may amend this Agreement if necessary, and in case of amendment, the Company shall indicate the effective date and grounds for amendment and make an announcement in the same methods as described in Paragraph 2 seven (7) days prior to the application of the amended provisions; provided, however, that if such amendment is against the benefits of the user, the Company shall make an announcement thirty (30) days prior to the application and personally notify the user via email, etc. (Announcement on the website shall be deemed as personally notified only in the case such personal notification is hardly available due to the user’s failure to specify the contact information or the change thereof)

⑤ If the user fails to express its intent of refusal by the effective date of the amendment despite the announcement or notification by the Company in its process of announcing or notifying the amendment pursuant to Paragraph 4 that the user’s failure to express its intent of refusing the amendment by the effective date shall be deemed as a consent to the amendment, the user shall be deemed to have consented to the amendment. The user may suspend the use of purchase services and terminate the usage agreement if it does not consent to the amendment.

⑥ Consent to this Agreement shall be deemed an agreement to visit, on a regular basis, Programmers website operated by the Company and to check any modified provisions of this Agreement. Any loss incurred from the user’s failure to check the amended Agreement shall not be borne by the Company.

Article 4 [Formation of Usage Agreement]

① Usage agreement for paid Contents shall be established upon the member’s consent to the use of the paid Contents and the payment of usage fees separately determined by the Company.

② If the member steals personal information of another in the process of using the services, such member shall not claim his/her rights under this Agreement, and the Company may cancel or terminate the usage agreement.

③ The Company may refuse to approve the application for subscription in any of the following cases:

When the Company is unable to check the payment since the member has not or wrongly made payment;
When the member applying for subscription has ever been restricted from using the services or sanctioned within the recent three (3) months in accordance with this Agreement as well as other service operation policies of the Company; and
Otherwise when the Company deems the approval as inappropriate.

Article 5 [Subscription Withdrawal and Refund]

① The member may withdraw his/her subscription (cancel the purchases) without any extra charge within seven (7) days from the date the paid Contents were purchased or became available; provided, however, that the withdrawal of subscription (cancellation of purchase) of the paid Contents may be restricted pursuant to Article 17(2) of the Act on the Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, Etc. in the case such contents have been already used, are deemed to have been used or otherwise have the characteristics equivalent thereto at the time the withdrawal of subscription was requested.

② The member may get a refund only for the unused portion of the Contents purchased by the methods of payment. Refundable amount in case of purchasing and taking classes for the educational Contents is as follows:

Classification		Date of occurrence of reasons for a refund	Refundable amount
Class suspension from educational institute, Self-closing, cancellation of registration		Date when a class cannot be held or a place of class cannot be provided	Amount including fees already paid for classes calculated on a pro rata daily basis
In case a member gives up taking a class at his/her will	1 month within a class	Before a class starts	Full amount including pre-paid tuition
		Before the lapse of 1/3 of total class hours	Amount equivalent to 2/3 of pre-paid tuition
		Before the lapse of 1/2 of total class hours	Amount equivalent to 1/2 of pre-paid tuition
		After the lapse of 1/2 of total class hours	No refund
	After the lapse of 1 month of class	After a class starts	Full amount including pre-paid tuition
	After the lapse of 1 month of class	After a class starts	Amount totaling full amount of Refundable tuition, etc. for a month when any reason for a refund has occurred (referring to amount calculated based on the standard in case where duration of a class is within 1 month) and tuition for the remaining months, etc.
Remarks			1. Total class hours shall refer to total class hours for the duration of such class, and the refundable amount is calculated based on the class hours that have elapsed until the date of occurrence of reasons for a refund.
Remarks			2. In case of a refund for remote classes, the amount equivalent to the portion of lessons actually taken (referring to lessons taken online or stored on a learning device) shall be deducted.

Article 6 [Effect of Withdrawal, Etc.]

① When the member withdraws from subscription, the Company shall collect or delete the relevant paid Contents without delay, and return the price paid or give a refund through payment cancellation within three (3) business days from the date of collection or deletion.

② In the case the member has made payment using a credit card or other methods of payment determined in the Enforcement Decree to the Act on the Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, Etc., the Company shall, without delay, request the business operator who has provided such method of payment to suspend or cancel billing; provided, however, that when the Company has already received money from the payment service provider, the Company shall give a refund to the payment service provider and notify such to the member.

Article 7 [Protection and Management of Personal Information]

② The Company shall not bear any liability for the member’s personal information disclosed due to reasons attributable to the member

Article 8 [Miscellaneous]

② Each party shall not assign or dispose of the rights and obligations hereunder to any third party without the written consent of the other party.

Date of publication: December 6, 2019
Effective date: January 6, 2020