In July 2016, the Seoul Administrative Court accepted the Labor Relations Commission's determination that the dismissal of an employee who had continuously shown poor performance was justified.

For the first time, a Korean court has approved the imposition of punitive-damages against both a worker-dispatch agency and the company using the dispatched workers, for discrimination prohibited under the DWPA.

Under the DWPA, both a worker-dispatch agency and the company using its workers are prohibited from subjecting the dispatched workers to discriminatory treatment.

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?