The employer of Company A has recently heard that some well-known companies have allowed their employees to autonomously set their work arrival and departure times through flexible working hour schemes, in an effort to improve creativity and productivity. The employer… Continue Reading
Mr. Kim, CEO of a company, tends to meet most requests from the trade union if they are reasonable. However, Mr. Kim discovered that the union has been uploading its promotional materials on the company intranet, and using the intranet… Continue Reading
Amid recent dismal investment and consumption rates in Korea, companies with lower profitability need to restructure or take other management actions to improve competitiveness. However, this is not easy in the current business environment. Besides excessive employment protection laws and… Continue Reading
Trade Union “A” with 1,000 members was selected as the bargaining representative union (BRU) and reached a collective agreement with its company. Once collective bargaining had concluded, Trade Union “B”, a minor union with 10 members, was not satisfied as… Continue Reading
SNS at the workplace: risk management and HR strategy Recently, companies have faced difficult situations from their employees or their partner firms’ employees posting controversial text or photos on social network service (SNS) which can result in serious problems for… Continue Reading
Game Company A, which canceled its recruitment last year due to the economic recession, recently decided to hire new personnel in the first half of this year. The HR manager has heard that the last year’s recruitment advertisement cannot… Continue Reading
Company A and its trade union president have concluded a collective bargaining agreement after lengthy negotiations.The union suddenly held a vote on the already-signed agreement, and declared the agreement null and void on the grounds of the voting outcome. Company… Continue Reading