Jipyong LLC

Labor & Employment; Labor & Employment Disputes; Industrial Health & Safety; Commercial Disputes; Constitutional & Administrative Litigation

Partner

Mr. Young Hwan Kwon mainly advises and represents clients on human resource management/labor, and industrial accidents and safety.

He is also one of the co-authors of “Commentary on the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act” published by Korea Society of Labor Law of the Supreme Court of Korea, “Online Commentary on the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act,” and “Commentary on the Occupational Safety and Health Act” published by LAWnB. He also regularly provides columns as a specialist in Industrial Safety, Serious Accident & Labor Relations Specialist at Lawwave.

Mr. Kwon began his career as a certified public labor consultant in 2002, focusing on labor-related matters. From 2014 to 2016, Mr. Kwon served as a law clerk at the civil division (responsible for labor matters) and administrative division (responsible for labor and fair trade matters) of the Seoul High Court. During his time there, he worked on a number of significant labor cases not only in the field of individual labor relations, such as those involving employee’s status, ordinary wages, illegal dispatch, time-off system, and unfair labor practices, but also in the field of collective labor relations, such as the exempted working hours system and unfair labor practices.

After joining JIPYONG LLC, Mr. Kwon has shown himself to be a successful attorney in labor-related cases. He specifically obtained a victory in various Supreme Court decisions to quash and remand in cases involving illegal dispatch, disciplinary actions, and wage disputes. In addition, Mr. Kwon has successfully defended clients in various criminal cases involving violations of the Labor Standards Act and the Act on the Protection, etc. of Temporary Agency Workers, by obtaining non-indictment decisions or suspensions of sentencing.

Mr. Kwon obtained a master’s degree in International Human Rights Law from the University of Leiden, the Netherlands, in 2021, with a research project on EU’s proposed bill on corporate human rights due diligence.

2016-Present / JIPYONG LLC

2024-Present / Expert, Industrial Safety & Serious Accidents/HR & Labor, Lawwave

2024-Present / Member, Human Rights Management Committee, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)

2023-Present / Member, Human Rights Management Committee, Korea Development Bank

2021-Present / Commentary Editor, a commentary on the Trade Union Act published by Society of Labor Law in Supreme Court

2017-Present / Online Commentary Editor, the Occupational Safety And Health Act and Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, LawnB

2023-2024 / Adjunct Professor, University of Seoul Law School (Civil Practices)

2022-2024 / Advisor, ESG Special Committee, Seoul Bar Association

2014-2016 / Law Clerk, Seoul High Court (Civil, Administrative)

2009-2011 / Research Assistant, Korea Labor InstituteㆍKorean Society of Labor Law

2003-2005 / Policy Director, Korea Power Plant Industry Union

Korean / English

2014 / Admitted to bar, Korea

2002 / Certified Public Labor Attorney, Korea

2021 / Leiden University (LL.M., Advanced Studies Programme in European and International Human Rights Law)

2014 / University of Seoul Law School (J.D.)(President’s Scholar Award)

2010 / Hanyang University (LL.M.)

2003 / Korea University (B.A. in Political Science & International Relations)