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Korea Enforces Harsher Penalties for Employers Who Deliberately Withhold Wages

Korea Enforces Harsher Penalties for Employers Who Deliberately Withhold Wages

SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting Thursday, South Korea began enforcing a revised labor law that allows employees to seek punitive damages of up to three times the amount of unpaid wages from employers who intentionally withhold pay, as part of a broader effort to crack down on chronic wage arrears. The Ministry of Employment [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Annual Working Hours Per Capita

[Kobiz Stats] Annual Working Hours Per Capita

  [Related Article]  Big Change ahead for S. Korea’s Labor Standards (Korea Bizwire, April 10) The discussion in the National Assembly surrounding cutting back on work hours is gradually converging on the introduction of a 52-hour workweek scheme.The subcommittee for labor-management-government negotiation for social issues under the National Assembly’s Environmental and Labor Committee held on April 7 [...]

Big Change ahead for S. Korea’s Labor Standards

Big Change ahead for S. Korea’s Labor Standards

SEOUL, April 10, 2014 (Korea bizwire) – The discussion in the National Assembly surrounding cutting back on work hours is gradually converging on the introduction of a 52-hour workweek scheme. The subcommittee for labor-management-government negotiation for social issues under the National Assembly’s Environmental and Labor Committee held on April 7 a third meeting to narrow [...]