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Court Partially Sides with Hyundai Union over Ordinary Pay

SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court ruled Friday that the country’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. should partially count regular bonuses paid to its employees as part of their “ordinary wages.” Twenty-three members of Hyundai’s union filed a lawsuit in March 2013, demanding that the management include bonuses, transportation and vacation stipends [...]

SHARPS Demands Samsung to Allow Union Activity

SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – To an announcement that Samsung Electronics would compensate those affected by the sickness and deaths of some of its workers, with “sincerest apologies,” the Supporters for the Health and Rights of People in the Semiconductor Industry (SHARPS) group responded that the company must allow workers to organize themselves. SHARPS [...]