Strategic Process for Wage & Collective Bargaining 2018 – Date: 8 March 2018 (Thurs.) – Venue: 5th Floor Lecture Room, KEF Building – Course Offered to: HR/labor relations/general affairs managers and staff Preparing for Workplace Labor Inspections in the… Continue Reading
General Motors (GM) decided to close its assembly plant in Gunsan, Korea, resulting in 2,000 GM Korea workers at the plant to be laid off. On 13 February, the head offices of GM and GM Korea announced that production at… Continue Reading
Korean banks are continuing layoffs despite record profits last year. Kookmin, Shinhan, Woori and KEB Hana, the four largest banks in Korea, let go of about 2300 workers through voluntary retirement packages between the 2nd half of 2017 and the… Continue Reading
Lotte Group has announced that it will use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen resumes during this year’s annual recruitment which begins in March. The new AI was developed by Lotte Data Communication and a local language processing company. It will… Continue Reading
The Korean discount retail chain Homeplus is to convert the status of its open-term workers with 12 years or more service to regular employment. On 1 February 2018, Homeplus Stores and its trade union agreed on the related employment contract,… Continue Reading
Along with the efforts of government and politicians to reduce working hours, SK Telecom will introduce autonomous flexible working hours from March 2018 at the earliest. Under the new system, workers can decide their working hours during the day as… Continue Reading
From this year, accident that occurs while a worker is picking up his/her children from school after work is recognized as an industrial accident since the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act (IACIA) has been amended. Before, commuting accidents were only… Continue Reading