Korean labor law, more specifically “trade union and labor relations adjustment act (TULRAA)”, does not provide a detailed list of what can be submitted as subjects for collective bargaining. However, classification of bargaining subjects into three categories – mandatory, permissible, and illegal – can be made based on court precedents.
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For most, or maybe all, of top management in any country, a news that their employees started to set up a labor union in the workplace may not be an welcome news. A colleague of mine asked me a few days ago to find a document showing Korea’s level of transparency in terms of legal procedures of unfair dismissal disputes. Continue reading Korea’s record in terms of enforcing contracts and employing workers Many foreign employers who newly start their business in Korea ask about social insurances scheme (employment insurance, industrial accident compensation insurance, national pension, and health insurance) in Korea. I provide here the most basic information on this subject. Continue reading On social insurances – for a start-up foreign company in Korea 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. Continue reading A discrimination redress system for non-regular workers to be applied to workplaces with 100 or more employees |
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