Yellow Envelope Act Task Force
"The team has accumulated a wealth of experience and has a deep understanding of actual situations occurring at companies, so you can receive practical, not just theoretical assistance."
- Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific
概要
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC’s “Yellow Envelope Act TF” provides comprehensive response and advisory services relating to the Yellow Envelope Act, grounded in extensive and hands-on experience.
The Yellow Envelope Act TF (Task Force; the “TF”) delivers full-spectrum advisory and support services, including: (i) risk assessments of prime contractors’ status as “employer” based on the “substantive control” test; (ii) proposals for improvement through industry-specific contracts and contractual structure analysis; and (iii) strategy development to prepare for expanded collective bargaining demands by labor unions. The TF has handled the majority of relevant litigation in Korea prior to the enactment of the Yellow Envelope Act, and has developed deep know-how on how the ‘substantive control’ is evaluated and contested in practice. Based on this experience, the TF provides strategic, industry-tailored responses that reflect real-world contract structures and actively supports clients in maintaining stable labor relations.
The TF is led not only by attorneys with deep expertise in labor and employment law, but also by former judges and former Supreme Court judicial researchers, together with Certified Public Labor Attorneys and other experts from diverse backgrounds, including a former Vice Minister of Employment and Labor. BKL’s Labor & Employment Group has extensive experience handling leading cases concerning the determination of the employer status of prime contractors, which is an issue that had been actively disputed even before the Yellow Envelope Act was introduced. In addition, BKL distinguishes itself among leading law firms in Korea by having accumulated substantial experience acting directly as management-side bargaining representatives in collective bargaining at numerous companies as an active participants in labor relations. Leveraging this practical experience, the TF goes beyond one-off legal advice and provides companies with pragmatic, business-oriented response strategies rather than purely textbook solutions.
