SEJONG, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Non-permanent contract workers are excluded from a number of fringe benefits given to regular employees, disadvantaging them in pay and vacation days, government data showed Thursday. Only 31.7 percent of contracted workers were given paid vacations as of August last year, according to an inspection of the economically active [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Motors, the second largest auto maker in Korea, plans to directly hire 465 dispatched workers on its assembly lines by 2016. After a special negotiation between Kia, in-house partner companies and the Kia trade union on May 12, Kia Motors announced that it will directly employ 200 workers [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Following the contract workers of Hyundai Motor, those hired in the Kia Motors assembly plants have been recognized their status as regular workers by the court. The Seoul Central District Court ruled on September 25 in a class action suit raised by 499 Kia Motors contractual workers that 468 plaintiffs are eligible [...]