As for problems with in-house subcontracting, MOEL is due to conduct a survey to find out the current state, and labor circles are trying to organize in-house subcontracted workers and expand its legal action. All this would worsen instability in… Continue Reading
Struggle to re-amend Trade Union Act starts in earnest As the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) sticks to its principle of not accepting any re-amendment to the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act (Trade Union Act), the two… Continue Reading
Opposition parties and the two main umbrella unions keep pushing political parties to make an union-biased intervention into industrial relations issues arising in individual companies. Since March five opposition parties have tried to politicize five major labor issues in individual… Continue Reading
Mr. Lim, president of company A, a small ice cream manufacturer, is worried as summer approaches. Every July and August, the company receives so many orders that its employees have to work overtime. However, in October when there are only… Continue Reading