Termination
Terminating employment, notice periods, termination payments and rights to references.
South Korea :: Unfair dismissal
◉ Valid reasons for dismissal An employer may dismiss an employee if there is ‘just cause’ …
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South Korea :: Termination payments
Where employment is terminated for reasons of ‘urgent managerial necessity’ no additional payments are required …
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South Korea :: Special protection against dismissal
An employer cannot dismiss a female employee before or after childbirth or within the 30 days following maternity leave …
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South Korea :: Redundancy
◉ Redundancy/Layoff An employee will be considered dismissed due to redundancy if there is urgent managerial necessity …
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South Korea :: Summary dismissal
An employer may be entitled to terminate a contract of employment without having to give notice or make a payment in lieu of notice to the employee where there is ‘employee fault’ …
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South Korea :: Termination on notice
During the three months of a probationary period, an employer may terminate the employment agreement without giving notice or making a payment in lieu of notice …
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South Korea :: Termination procedures
There are no formal procedures that must be followed when terminating employment in South Korea beyond giving the relevant notice period and making severance payments, where required (see South Korea :: Termination on notice and South Korea :: Termination payments) …
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