SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A man in his 50s who worked as an airline flight attendant for 25 years and succumbed to stomach cancer has now been officially recognized as the victim of an industrial accident caused by cosmic radiation. Previously, cosmic radiation-related accidents among flight attendants had primarily been associated with blood cancers [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Employment and Labor said Monday it will issue a legislative notice on a partial amendment of the enforcement ordinance to increase the number of labor providers benefiting under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act from the current 800,000 to more than 1.7 million. Under the revision [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has ruled that even when a worker’s overtime hours are not longer than the standard level designated by the government, his or her death can be acknowledged as an occupational accident as long as there was significant workplace stress. The Seoul Administrative Court recently ruled [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Family members working in a family business also have the right to be compensated for an occupational hazard, according to a case ruled on by the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service (COMWEL) Busan Agency. The COMWEL said on April 22 that a man who has been working in [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) – If a person gets injured while going home at night after having a company-sponsored dinner party, should this be considered an occupational accident? Judge Choi Moon-soo at the Changwon District Court ruled on April 22 in favor of the plaintiff who demanded that the fall injury he had sustained while coming [...]