SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Can workplace bullies be punished? It’s a tricky question in South Korea. A revised labor law aimed at preventing workplace bullying went into effect here on July 16 last year. But the law came with a handful of prerequisites. For one, it defines workplace harassment as “an act of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 1,000 cases of workplace bullying were reported in the month after an anti-bullying law went into effect in mid-July, a civic group focusing on the issue said Wednesday. According to Workplace Gapjil 119, 1,073 cases were reported to it by bullied workers between July 16, when the act [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A new law designed to prevent bullying in the workplace is set to go into effect in South Korea this week, setting the stage for victims of harassment at work to get some protection. A revised law on labor standards, commonly called the workplace anti-bullying law, will be effective [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Six out of ten South Koreans report having suffered from violence and verbal abuse at the hands of superiors or colleagues in the workplace in the past five years. According to a study from the Korea Labor Institute conducted last August into the state of workplace harassment, 66.3 percent [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study by KRIVET (the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training) revealed that workplace bullying is leading to losses of over 4.78 trillion won ($4.2 billion) each year in 15 industry sectors, with the institute calling for legal intervention against employee harassment. KRIVET analyzed 15 industry [...]