Yet another delivery worker died on Oct. 12 after apparently being subjected to long working hours, it has belatedly been reported. It marked the third delivery worker death this month …
Delivery app operators agree to some labor protections for gig workers
Unions representing delivery drivers and some of the top companies that employ them on Tuesday inked an agreement to provide labor protections to those workers — a first for Korea’s gig …
Seoul court recognizes occupational disease of Samsung Electronics worker 16 years later
An employee of Samsung Electronics who contracted a rare disease while working at one of the company’s semiconductor factories finally received government confirmation of suffering from an occupational disease, nearly …
Revisão do painel para abrir disputa entre a Coreia do Sul e a UE sobre as convenções da OIT
Um painel de especialistas será convocado no próximo mês para determinar se Seul violou seu acordo de livre comércio com a União Europeia ao adiar a aprovação das principais convenções internacionais em ...
O Supremo Tribunal da Coreia anula a decisão do ex-governo de proibir o sindicato progressista dos professores
Revogando a decisão de um tribunal de apelação, a Suprema Corte anulou na quinta-feira uma decisão do antigo governo de Park Geun-hye de proibir um sindicato progressista de professores por aceitar um punhado de ...
Cabinet approves labor bills for ILO conventions
SEOUL, June 23 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s Cabinet on Tuesday passed three labor-related revision bills, including one that would allow unemployed and dismissed workers to join unions. It’s part of …
Trabalhadores sindicais temem "uma oportunidade de se livrar de nós"
A Myan Mode, uma fábrica de roupas nos arredores de Yangon, em Mianmar, produz jaquetas masculinas, blazers e casacos femininos para empresas de moda ocidentais como Mango e Zara. Desde o início de…
Samsung Heir Apologizes for Corruption and Union-Busting Scandals
The de facto head of Samsung, Lee Jae-yong, apologized on Wednesday for the corruption and union-busting scandals that have bedeviled his conglomerate, declaring that he will be the last of his family …
The Supreme Court Decision of South Korea 2016Du41071 Decided April 29, 2020
The Supreme Court decides that the “health damage of a fetus” caused to a pregnant female employee by her occupational reason is included in “occupational accidents” of an employee stipulated …
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