In Korea, politics has a huge impact on the industrial relations. Government policies and legislations regarding industrial relations directly affect labor relations and working conditions at workplace-level. Since labor recognizes that their demands are difficult to be met with disputes… Continue Reading
MOEL plans to reduce working hours to strengthen its job creation policy The Ministry of Employment & Labor (MOEL) has announced a plan to create jobs by revising the Labor Standards Act to include holiday work in ‘extended working hours’… Continue Reading
Trends in working hour reduction The 40-hour work week was gradually implemented in Korea, beginning in 2003 with social consensus building up on the needs to improve the quality of life for employees. After many discussions between labor and… Continue Reading