Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to South Korea as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
South Korea: Vaccination leave
Following a recommendation from the government’s Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Agency, many of the country’s largest employers, such as LG, CJ Group and Samsung Electronics, have been offering employees time off work when they receive their COVID-19 vaccinations …
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South Korea: Corporate cuts
The size of the working population rose by 652,000 over the year to April 2021 to reach 27 …
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South Korea: SsangYong in receivership as owner Mahindra fails to find buyer
The failing SUV automaker SsangYong has now been placed into receivership after its owners Mahindra and Mahindra have failed to secure an investor to take its place …
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South Korea: Renault Samsung Motors’ union strike closes the company’s workplace
Industrial action is intensifying at Renault Samsung Motors over union wage demands …
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South Korea: Electronic Travel Authorization system enables visa-free entry for foreign nationals
The government has decided to introduce a Canadian-style Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) scheme …
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South Korea: One-person households account for 33% of total in Seoul
Companies placing a high priority on enhancing their “family-friendly” policies should bear in mind that an increasing number of employees live in “single-person households” …
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South Korea: EU-South Korea free trade agreement
The EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has a number of special elements concerning labour standards …
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South Korea: Revised law allows extending unit period of flexible work hours to 6 months
The extension of the averaging period for the 52-hour workweek from three months to six months was a welcome move for most employers …
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South Korea: Government moves to allow foreign workers to land parcel sorting jobs
A provisional amendment has been made to the enforcement ordinance of the Immigration Control Act …
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South Korea: More than half of Jeil Pharmaceutical employees experience workplace bullying
The company Jeil Pharmaceutical has been subject to a very public inspection by the Ministry of Employment and Labour following media reports of employee complaints …
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South Korea: All 85,000 foreign workers in Gyeonggi ordered to take Covid-19 test before 22nd March 2021
All employers with foreign employees in Gyenggi Province have been ordered by the Ministry of Justice to ensure that each migrant takes the coronavirus test before 22nd March 2021 …
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South Korea: Kumho Tire union votes to accept wage freeze
Struggling tire maker Kumho Tire Co has applied pay freezes for 2018 and 2019 for its unionized employees and 20% cuts in bonuses, plus reduced welfare benefits …
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South Korea: Unemployment at 21-year high as a million jobs lost
The labour market is rapidly deteriorating under the weight of the pandemic and declining consumer demand …
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South Korea: 52-hour work week cap
From 1st July 2021, companies with five or more workers must cap weekly working hours to 52 …
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South Korea: Dispatching and service company can now receive employment maintenance subsidies
Dispatching and service companies that have so far been excluded from government coronavirus wage support can now receive employment maintenance subsidies …
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