OECD Case: Workers Assistance Center et al vs. Chongwon Fashion Inc.

NCPs involved: Korea NCP COUNTRY OF OPERATIONS: Philippines DATE: 3 September 2007 STATUS: Rejected ISSUE: The complaint alleged that management threatened to close plants after workers tried to unionize. Once …

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South Korea: Court decision regarding labor union’s authority to waive certain rights and the process required to change an employment policy adversely to employees (Case Number: 2007Do1539)

This is a court decision regarding whether labor union can waive wages or severance payment rights of individual employees through collective agreement and the effect of a collective agreement to …

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South Korea: Court decision regarding industrial action without votes of labor union members and criminal charges (Case Number: 99Do4837)

This is a court decision regarding whether industrial action without votes of labor union members is justifiable under the criminal law, and the criteria for the industrial action to be …