A system to redress discrimination based on the laws on protection of non-regular workers will apply to workplaces with 100 to 299 employees from July 1, 2008. The following is a summarized translation of a report of the Ministry of Labor. Read more »
Posted: July 4th, 2008 under labor law.
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From June 22, a worker can apply for shorter working hours program for childcare. From the same date, paternity leave is allowed to male employees who become a father. Also, workers can divide up the use of the one year period of childcare leave at least once. The following is a summary of the systems based on a press release of the Ministry of labor. Read more »
Posted: June 5th, 2008 under labor law.
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Almost every year, early summer in Korea has been a season of strikes and rallies by labor unions. So far, it seems like a different one this year. Read more »
Posted: June 4th, 2008 under labor news.
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The Labor Standards Act applies to all workplaces that hire workers. However, there are some articles of the law that are not mandatory for a workplace with less than 5 workers.
Posted: June 3rd, 2008 under labor law.
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According to the Labor Standards Act (LSA), a workplace hiring 10 or more workers should draw up rules of employment and submit them to the Ministry of Labor. Read more »
Posted: June 2nd, 2008 under labor law.
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I had to move my wordpress db to a new webhosting service today for some personal reasons. In the middle of the process, I lost all the previous settings of the blog. I also lost registration information of subscribers.
I am really sorry for the subscribers who took the trouble of joining this humble blog. I promise to backup thoroughly next time I do the same thing. Actually, I don’t want to move again:-)
And thank you all for visiting this blog.
Posted: May 20th, 2008 under misc.
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More than 100 days have passed since the strike at Allianz Life Insurance started. Last week, management of the company fired 87 branch managers for participating in illegal strike when they are supposed to side with management as senior managers. Read more »
Posted: May 20th, 2008 under labor law.
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Dismissal is one of the inevitable elements of human resource management. An employer can lessen a possible adverse impact of dismissal by complying with legal requirements dismissal. Read more »
Posted: May 20th, 2008 under labor law.
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The Ministry of Labor announced that age discrimination in recruitment and hiring will be banned from March 2009. Read more »
Posted: May 20th, 2008 under labor law.
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While running through past news on labor issues, I found an article by Yonhap News on Hyundai Motor’s move to build overseas plants and a response from its labor union that is famous for repeated strike for the last decade or so. Read more »
Posted: May 6th, 2008 under labor news.
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