After securing 192 seats in the national legislative election held on 10 April, the opposition coalition led by the Democratic Party will retain its majority...

On August 24, 2016, the Supreme Court upheld a lower-court decision which found that an independent salesperson who sold and delivered dairy products for Korea Yakult Corporation...

For many years, Korean employers have had the option to impose changes to work rules without obtaining their workers' consent, where those changes are in line with social norms.

"You're fired!" - a phrase popularized by Donald Trump on the television show The Apprentice - is hardly imaginable in Korea's tightly regulated labor market.

The Ministry of Employment and Labour (MOEL) has issued a proposed amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the amended Trade Union and Labour Relations Adjustment Act (TULRAA)...

A ‘fixed-term worker' (also commonly referred to as a ‘contract worker') is an employee who has signed an employment contract with a fixed term.

Korea's so-called ‘Yellow Envelope Act' is expected to be enacted imminently. It is set to introduce significant changes to trade union legislation in Korea. We take a look at the key provisions...

The Supreme Court of Korea has ruled that the maximum paid annual leave granted to one-year fixed-term workers shall be 11 days, not 26 days.

In this episode of our Cross-Border Catch-Up podcast series, Patty Shapiro (shareholder, San Diego) and Goli Rahimi (of counsel, Chicago) discuss significant upcoming changes to South Korea's Labor Standards Act.

Under Korean labor law, the applicability of disciplinary measures depends on employee headcount. For foreign companies in Korea, however, to what extent should the headcount requirement apply, especially if they have more than one local presence?

On February 28, 2018, the National Assembly of Korea passed legislative amendments designed to reform the Labor Standards Act. We have summarized the notable changes below...

Newly-elected president Moon Jae-In's administration has officially begun on May 10, 2017. President Moon, a liberal who favors labor-friendly policies (and a more open policy toward North Korea)...

Recent amendments to the Labour Standards Act implement a five-day working week and alter minimum standards for paid leave. Other measures are intended to preserve current levels of pay and hourly wages notwithstanding shorter work hours. The changes will apply from July 2004 to employers in the public and financial sectors, and to those employing at least 1,000 workers.

The Republic of Korea (often referred to as South Korea and in this in-brief as Korea) has one of Asia's strongest performing economies and is home to some of the world's largest brands.

대법원은 1년간 근로를 제공하는 기간제 근로자의 연차유급휴가는 최대 26일이 아니라 최대 11일이라고 판시하였습니다.