<Mr. Kim, the president of Company A, is concerned about his 10 underperforming employees. He has tried to encourage and motivate the employees, even warned them at times, but to no avail. Mr. Kim was advised to urge the employees… Continue Reading
Labor groups expected to increase their political activity in 2012 Concerns are rising that industrial relations will worsen in 2012 as labor groups revealed, in their new year’s messages, their plans to strengthen connection with political groups and hold general… Continue Reading
Laws on Non-Regular Workers On December 29 and 30, the National Assembly’s Environment & Labor Committee passed 6 amendments to the Acts on non-regular work out of 9 proposed by political parties and the government. Acts Main Features Act on… Continue Reading
Improvement of Long Working Hours Background Recently, the Korean government has been concentrating its efforts on creating more jobs through shorter hours of work under the pretext of improvement of long-work practice. In December 2010, the Ministry of Employment &… Continue Reading