The EU Seeking to Sanction South Korea for Not Ratifying ILO Conventions

The European Union (EU) officially requested to convene a panel of experts claiming that the South Korean government was not doing its part to ratify the core conventions of the …

South Korea: Non-Regular Worker Strike “I Worked 20 Years, But Only Earn 2 Million Won a Month” “Equal Work, Different Treatment”

Workers participating in a general strike from July 3 to 5 gathered under the name, “non-regular workers in the public sector,” but they perform a variety of jobs, such as …

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Violations des droits des travailleurs : mise en examen historique de SAMSUNG France pour pratiques commerciales trompeuses

Après une épopée judiciaire initiée par Sherpa et ActionAid France il y a plus de six ans, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS France SAS a été mise en examen du chef de pratiques …

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S. Korea: Supreme Court Decision 2019Du33712 Decided June 13, 2019 (the Standard and method of determining whether a person constitutes a worker under the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act)

Supreme Court Decision 2014Du12598, 12604 Decided June 15, 2018 Supreme Court Decision 2019Du33712 Decided June 13, 2019 1. Basic explanations about two decisions The two above mentioned decisions defines “the …

ILO, Address to the Seoul Bar Association on Core Labor Standards

South Korea: Supreme Court Decision 2017Du33510 Decided April 25, 2019 【Revocation of Readjudication on Relief Request for Unfair Labor Practice】

The legislative purport of Article 81 Subpar. 4 of the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act which stipulates one of the types of employers’ unfair labor practices In the …

The Supreme Court Decision of South Korea 2017Du33510 Decided April 25, 2019

An employer can conclude multiple collective bargaining agreements that differ in time and contents by negotiating separately with multiple trade unions, without simplification of bargaining windows as prescribed by Trade …

ILO insists that S. Korea guarantees freedom of association for unemployed and dismissed workers　

The International Labour Organization (ILO) reiterated its insistence that the South Korean government adopt legal measures to guarantee freedom of association for unemployed and dismissed workers. It also stated the …

Korea: 핵심협약 비준 반드시 국회 거쳐야”

정부가 국제노동기구(ILO) 핵심협약과 관련해 절차적으로 국회를 거치지 않고는 비준이 불가능하다는 의견을 재확인했다. 노동계와 일부 전문가는 그럴수록 문재인 대통령이 국회에 핵심협약 비준동의안을 선제로 내는 정치적 결단을 하라고 촉구했다. 김대환 고용노동부 국제협력담당관은 …

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The Constitutional Court decision of South Korea (2017 Hun-Ma 820, April 11, 2019)

The Korean Labor Standards Act protects the employees against the unfair dismissal and provides the effective remedy for the unfairly dismissed employees. But that protection and remedy are not applied …

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