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Korean Labor Law Update – Q3 2024

2024.10.31.

Statutes, Regulations & Procedures
  • Korea passes major legislation enhancing family-related leave and penalties for wage theft.
Cases
  • Landmark Supreme Court decision holds that employees who are not subject to Korean law cannot be counted towards workforce-size thresholds that trigger legal rights and obligations.
  • Supreme Court holds that, where administrative leave is reasonably imposed at the outset but continues for too long, courts should only partially invalidate it from the point at which it becomes unreasonably prolonged.
  • Daegu District Court awards damages for employer’s nonconsensual forensic examination of an employee's office PC.
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