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Gov’t Urges Trainee Doctors to Swiftly Decide on Whether to Return to Hospitals

Gov’t Urges Trainee Doctors to Swiftly Decide on Whether to Return to Hospitals

SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Tuesday called for trainee doctors to swiftly make their decision on whether or not to return to hospitals, as most of them have shown little sign of returning despite the government’s appeasement steps. About 12,000 trainee doctors have left their worksites since late February [...]

Government to Develop Safety Measures for Foreign Workers

Government to Develop Safety Measures for Foreign Workers

SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The government plans to announce measures to strengthen industrial safety for foreign workers later this month following last week’s deadly fire at a battery plant that claimed 23 lives, including 18 foreigners, the labor minister said Monday. Seventeen Chinese nationals and one from Laos were killed in the fire [...]

Korea University Med Professors to Launch Voluntary Indefinite Walkout from July 12

Korea University Med Professors to Launch Voluntary Indefinite Walkout from July 12

SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Medical professors at three Korea University-affiliated hospitals vowed Monday to start an indefinite voluntary walkout later this month, amid a prolonged standoff between doctors and the government over its medical reform plan. The emergency committee of the professors serving as senior doctors at the university announced the walkout starting [...]

Court Upholds Airline’s Pilot Layoffs During Pandemic, Citing Economic Hardship

Court Upholds Airline’s Pilot Layoffs During Pandemic, Citing Economic Hardship

SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean court has ruled that an airline’s decision to lay off pilots during the COVID-19 pandemic was justified, given the severe economic challenges faced by the aviation industry. The Seoul Administrative Court recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by 29 pilots who were laid off from Airline A in [...]

Coupang Delivery Driver’s Death Raises Questions About Overwork

Coupang Delivery Driver’s Death Raises Questions About Overwork

SEOUL, Jun. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Allegations of death by overwork have surfaced following the passing of a 40-year-old delivery driver who had been working for Coupang’s late-night Rocket Delivery service.  On June 27, the Committee for Countermeasures Against Overwork Deaths of Delivery Workers and the family of the deceased, Jung Seul-gi, held a press conference [...]

Severance Hospital Med Professors Set to Launch Indefinite Walkout

Severance Hospital Med Professors Set to Launch Indefinite Walkout

SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Medical professors serving as senior doctors at three major hospitals of Yonsei University were set to launch an indefinite walkout Thursday as little progress has been made in efforts to resolve a monthslong conflict over a medical reform plan. Professors at Severance Hospital, Gangnam Severance Hospital and Yongin Severance [...]

South Korea Faces Looming Labor Shortage as Population Declines, Study Finds

South Korea Faces Looming Labor Shortage as Population Declines, Study Finds

SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study predicts that South Korea’s declining birth rate and shrinking population could lead to a significant labor shortage in key sectors by 2042, with over 600,000 fewer workers in restaurants and retail compared to 2022 levels.  The forecast was presented by professor Lee Chulhee of Seoul National University [...]

Only 1 in 10 Report Workplace Bullying, Survey Finds

Only 1 in 10 Report Workplace Bullying, Survey Finds

SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey by a civic group has revealed that only 1 in 10 victims of workplace bullying in South Korea report the incidents to their company, labor union, or the Ministry of Employment and Labor.  The findings come as the amended Labor Standards Act, which prohibits workplace bullying, approaches [...]

Hyundai Motor Labor Union Votes to Strike After Wage Negotiations Fail

Hyundai Motor Labor Union Votes to Strike After Wage Negotiations Fail

SEOUL/ULSAN, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Unionized workers of Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s leading automaker, on Monday overwhelmingly voted in favor of staging a strike following the collapse of annual wage negotiations between management and the union. Earlier this month, the union decided to call off further negotiations after holding the eighth round of [...]