SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — About 6 out of 10 workers at South Korean shipbuilding companies turned out to be “non-affiliated” employees of subcontractors rather than the shipbuilders that use their services, government data showed Thursday. According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, there were around 5.2 million regular workers hired by the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — An artist management company established by world famous singer Psy has come under investigation by the labor ministry over the death of an outsourced worker during the dismantling of facilities after a Psy concert, officials said Thursday. The ministry’s Gangwon Province branch office began a raid on P Nation’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — It has become mandatory for South Korean employers to provide adequate rest even to indoor workers during heat waves. The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced that an amendment to the subordinate ordinance of the Occupational Safety and Health Act will take effect from Wednesday. The existing provision No. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s management and its union signed an annual wage deal Wednesday, the first of its kind since the company’s foundation more than five decades ago. The world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker and its union reached an agreement on a 9 percent pay raise for 2022 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — All workplaces employing a certain number of regular employees are now required to offer rest facilities, the labor ministry said Tuesday. The Cabinet approved a revision to the enforcement ordinance of the Occupational Safety and Health Act that stipulates the range of workplaces required to comply with rest facility [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Restaurant kitchen staff are suffering from the scorching heat wave that has been ongoing for days. While heat-related illnesses normally occur outdoors, it isn’t rare for them to take place indoors such as in the kitchen, where ventilation or air conditioning are often unavailable. “There’s a duct in the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will increase the quota of foreign workers in five industries to alleviate labor shortages, officials said Monday. The Ministry of Labor and Employment said it will speed up the entry process for immigrant workers, streamline administrative procedures for employers of immigrant workers and strengthen support tailored for [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a ruling that ordered steelmaker POSCO to grant the status of direct employees to 55 of its former subcontract workers. A total of 59 workers of POSCO’s subcontractors filed suits in 2011 and 2016, demanding the company recognize them as direct employees as [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1 out of 10 workers have experienced layoffs since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the rate of those who lost jobs reaching nearly 30 percent among non-regular workers, a poll showed Sunday. The survey of 1,000 employees — 600 regular workers and 400 temporary workers [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The share of employees aged 50 and over exceeded that of those under 30 at South Korea’s major companies after the outbreak of the coronavirus, primarily due to the decline in new hires, data showed Thursday. The nation’s 72 major companies published their 2021 sustainability management reports, of which [...]