SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean companies, facing chronic labor shortages, are turning to foreign workers to meet their needs. However, this move is facing strong opposition from the labor sector, which anticipates adverse effects on working conditions. On November 27, the Ministry of Employment and Labor confirmed that the Foreign Labor Policy Committee [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The government announced Thursday it has revised regulations to make union dues paid to organizations defying accounting disclosure ineligible for tax deductions. It marks the latest in a series of government policies to reform the labor sector and is expected to run into vehement resistance from labor unions already [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is seeking to revise laws to increase financial transparency of labor unions to make it harder for improper spending to take place, the labor minister said Monday. The proposal comes after a series of remarks by President Yoon Suk Yeol who emphasized bolstering oversight of unions. He [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Two out of three South Koreans believe that labor unions should not conduct illegal activities, a poll showed Wednesday. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Enterprises Federation of 1,000 citizens, 67.5 percent of the respondents said that they understand the demands of labor unions, but they should [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The minor progressive Justice Party (JP) proposed a bill Thursday that would limit companies from filing compensation suits against labor unions for losses incurred during strikes. Under what is dubbed the “yellow envelope bill,” companies would be banned from filing lawsuits against labor unions and unionized workers for damages [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of IT companies, including Naver and Nexon, have recently excluded “labor” from union names. In response, most workers have expressed optimism with the change. According to a survey of more than 500 employees conducted by online job portal Incruit and part-time Job search app AlbaCall, 82.1 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s delivery service and market workers who are affiliated with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, a militant labor umbrella group, on Wednesday declared their participation in the ongoing nationwide boycott of Japanese products. The Parcel Delivery Workers’ Solidarity Union and the Korean Mart Labor Union announced their [...]