The South Korean government did not recognize a single refugee in its second review of hundreds of Yemeni asylum seekers who applied for status after arriving on Jeju Island. The government …
The South Korean government did not recognize a single refugee in its second review of hundreds of Yemeni asylum seekers who applied for status after arriving on Jeju Island. The government …
This is a court decision involving the calculation of average wage at a public institution. If the bonus is continuously and regularly paid and the conditions for the bonus are …
South Korean prosecutors indicted the board chairman of Samsung Electronics Co. on charges of illegally cracking down on a labor union, delivering another legal blow to the world’s largest chipmaker. Prosecutors in …
This article discusses a study which shows the housing status of migrant women workers in Korea and how it is vulnerable to sexual harassment and violence. http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180910000855
This report provides an overview of the organization of Korea’s Ministry of Employment and an overview of Korea’s major employment and labor policies. http://www.moel.go.kr/english/pas/pasPubli_view.jsp?idx=1502
This is a court decision regarding the calculation of severance payment. If there is a severance payment rule in the collective agreement or employee policy, severance payment should be paid …
This is an article discussing 180 female attendants getting their job back after 12 years of campaigns and protest for their unjust layoff http://www.labornotes.org/2018/08/south-korea-after-12-years-protests-women-workers-get-dream-jobs-back
This is a court decision regarding tort liability of the labor union representative. It is possible to limit the union representative’s representative authority by requiring an internal procedure in order …
This is a court decision regarding the validity of waiving the right to receive a severance payment. An agreement to relinquish severance payment right prior to retirement is in principle …
This is a court decision regarding the calculation of minimum wage for taxi drivers signed on a piecework contract. (English) https://library.scourt.go.kr/SCLIB_data/decision/41-2016Da9261,%209278_WagesUnjustEnrichmentRestitution_hs(3).htm (Korean) https://glaw.scourt.go.kr/wsjo/panre/sjo100.do?contId=2255551
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