① Government to seek implementation of major labor reforms at the workplace level The Ministry of Employment & Labor announced four key labor reform tasks whose implementation at the workplace will be backed up by labor inspections and wage/collective… Continue Reading
Industry-level unions to be more active The Korean Federation of Private Service Workers Unions, affiliated with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, plans to establish an industry-level union in the retail sector by combining the unions of three large retailers… Continue Reading
Minimum Wage Council kicks off negotiations for 2017 The Minimum Wage Council held its first plenary meeting on 7 April. Its next planned plenary meeting will be held on 2 June, with 28 June being the deadline for determining… Continue Reading
1. Election promises ① Pork-barrel promises for the general election Each party has been announcing promises based on distribution rather than economic growth since February. Criticisms are mounting that policy issues have disappeared during these elections due to the political… Continue Reading
The Ministry of Employment & Labor (MOEL) plans to conduct labor inspections on 20,000 workplaces with focus on presolving discrimination against non-regular workers, pprotecting vulnerable groups including the youth, p shortening long working hours and pidentifying and rooting out unfair… Continue Reading
1. Labor continues action leading up to the general elections On 14 March, the two major umbrella unions held a forum to compare public pledges of each party on labor policies, and criticized the government and ruling party for their… Continue Reading
Labor plans to focus on action against the government to block implementation of performance-based wage systems and planned labor reform policies in the first half of 2016 On 15 February, the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU) held… Continue Reading