Mastering the Labor Standards Act with Dr. Lee (One-day course) – Date: 25 January, 2018 (Thurs.) – Venue: 5th Floor Lecture Room, KEF Building – Course Offered to: HR/labor relations/general affairs managers and staff The 41st KEF Top… Continue Reading
On 11 December 2017, Hyundai Motor held a press conference to announce that “The first and second tier contractors of Hyundai Motor are desperately asking the Hyundai union to cease its strikes and conclude a collective agreement.” A Subcontractors Committee… Continue Reading
On 13 December, Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) announced that it had concluded wage and collective agreements after 2 days of a strike by the SNUH trade union. In the agreement, labor and management will convert workers in permanent and… Continue Reading
Shinsegae Group announced that it will shift to a 35-hour work week from January 2018. The current statutory working hours in Korea is set at 40 hours per week. With the new work hour system, workers and executives of the… Continue Reading
On 19 December, labor and management at Hyundai Motor concluded a tentative wage and collective agreement, 8 months after the first negotiations in April 2017. Major points in the agreement include: ▲monthly base pay to increase by KRW 58,000 (USD… Continue Reading
Mr. A, a convenience store owner, recently received a letter from the local office of the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) that his store will undergo a labor inspection. Receiving the notice was quite disconcerting and he began trying… Continue Reading
1. Labor and management in the finance industry reach an agreement on 2017 industry-level collective bargaining Labor and management in the finance industry reached an agreement to increase total wages by 2.65% during the third industry-level collective bargaining on… Continue Reading