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Flight Attendant’s Suicide During Pandemic Recognized as Work Accident

SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A suicide committed by an airline employee during forced leave following the coronavirus outbreak has been recognized as a work accident. The Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service announced Tuesday that it had notified the family members of the late Korean Air Lines Co. employee in September that the [...]

Top Court Rules in Favor of Pregnant Employees in Unsafe Work Environments

SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — In a key ruling that acknowledged the risks of unsafe work environments on a fetus, South Korea’s top court on Wednesday ruled in favor of nurses who claimed their children’s congenital heart defects should be covered by workplace accident compensation. The Supreme Court ordered the Seoul High Court to [...]