Labor Law Guide (Korea) for Foreign Investors

Labor law guide made by Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (“KOTRA”) for foreign investors. This report provides general information about employment contract, wage, working hours, holidays and leave, social insurance contribution, …

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South Korea’s Working Women – Conservative workplaces are holding South Korean women back

This article discusses how working place is slow to adapt to women workers and the discrimination toward women workers in Korea despite changes in society. https://www.economist.com/asia/2016/06/11/of-careers-and-carers  

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South Korea: Court decision regarding dispatched worker’s judicial right to seek judgement against the user company (Case Number: 2013Da14965)

This is a court decision which involves dispatched worker’s judicial right to seek a judgment against the user company when the user company did not perform its obligation to directly …

Court decision regarding the standard of discriminatory treatment of workers (Case Number: 2013Da1051)

This is a court decision regarding the standard of the comparison group for discriminatory treatment under the Labor Standards Act. (English) https://library.scourt.go.kr/SCLIB_data/decision/31-2013Da1051%20.htm (Korean) https://glaw.scourt.go.kr/wsjo/panre/sjo100.do?contId=2189714

South Korea: Court decision regarding the duration of collective agreement (Case Number: 2012Da71138)

This is a court decision regarding whether a collective agreement is limited to 2 years under the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act when it is automatically renewed for …

Women Migrant Workers in ASEAN

This policy brief examines ASEAN migration policies and the specific impact on women migrants. The authors provide recommendations of how to ensure that women migrant workers are best protected and able …

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Good practices on the role of trade unions in protecting and promoting the rights of migrant workers in Asia

This report documents selected good practices of trade union actions taken place in Cambodia, Hong Kong (China), Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, China, …

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South Korea: Court decision regarding administrative agency’s authority in examining trade union’s establishment report (Case Number: 2011Du6998)

This is a court decision regarding whether the administrative agency can substantially examine requirement under the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act for a trade union establishment report and …

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South Korea: Court decision regarding unfair disciplinary measure to golf course caddies (Case Number: 2011Da78804)

This is a court decision determining whether caddies at a golf course are considered workers under the Labor Standard Act and the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act, and …

South Korea: Court decision regarding the standard for determining ordinary wage and whether regular bonus is included in the ordinary wage (Case Number: 2012Da89399)

This is a court decision setting forth the standard for determining the ordinary wage. It discusses whether a labor-management agreement excluding ordinary wage is valid and whether regular bonus payment …

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