Labor & Employment

Yulchon’s Labor & Employment team advises and represents employers in the full range of labor and employment matters.

Introduction

Korea’s labor and employment laws are highly protective of employees. These laws prohibit dismissal without cause; restrict the use of fixed-term and temporary agency workers; endow most workers with robust rights to overtime and severance pay; allow employees to quickly and easily collectively organize and bargain; maintain a labor-tribunal system as a convenient and inexpensive means for employees to assert their rights; and more. Attempting to navigate this complex legal landscape without counsel of the utmost quality is a perilous undertaking.

Yulchon’s Labor & Employment Practice has the expertise and experience to guide clients through all manner of labor and employment matters, from undertaking large-scale restructurings to implementing routine compliance policies and procedures, and from individual wrongful-termination suits to large-scale litigation over wages and benefits. Our practice has advised numerous Fortune Global 500 companies as well as other large, medium, and small-size companies. The caliber of our representation and counsel is reflected in Yulchon’s perennial recognition as an elite practice in the area of labor and employment law by Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500, Asialaw Profiles, and other domestic and international publications.

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