Labor & Employment Disputes

"The best in the market, particularly strong in labour-related litigation"

- Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific

Overview

We provide optimal solutions to the clients’ high-stakes labor and employment controversies based on understanding of actual businesses and current practices of regulatory authorities.

In combination of our extensive experience and expertise, we are ideally positioned to provide the best legal service for labor and employment-related disputes. Our group includes former judges with expertise in this field.

We have a record of winning in a wide variety of litigation cases representing major Korean and multinational corporations in all aspects of labor and employment issues, such as wages, temporary employees, workforce restructuring and labor disputes, including presenting oral arguments at the Supreme Court.

Serving both Korean and international clients in a broad range of labor and employment issues, we have consistently received highest recognition locally as well as globally.

Key Services

Individual Employee Relations
Representing in litigation in all employment matters at all levels of courts and government bodies including wrongful termination claims, wages and subcontracting matters before the Labor Relations Commission
Representing in criminal cases relating to violation of laws governing employment and labor
Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations
Advising in all forms of disputes, including mediation, arbitration and litigation, relating to labor issues
Representing in criminal cases for alleged unfair labor practices or collective agreement violation

Representative Cases

Presenting oral arguments before an en banc panel at the Supreme Court in a case involving an automotive supplier
Represented electronics and shipbuilding corporations in a large-scale illegal worker dispatch violation suits
Represented a domestic shipbuilding corporation in an investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Employment and Labor and a criminal case for occupational safety and health violation
Presenting oral arguments before an en banc panel at the Supreme Court in a case involving an automotive supplier
Represented Korean automobile and heavy industry corporations in a large-scale ordinary wage suit
Represented electronics and shipbuilding corporations in a large-scale illegal worker dispatch violation suits
Represented a cement manufacturing corporation in a worker dispatch investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Employment and Labor
Represented a domestic shipbuilding corporation in an investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Employment and Labor and a criminal case for occupational safety and health violation
Represented a foreign airline company in a workforce restructuring suit
Represented a domestic food and beverage corporation in a labor inspection by the Ministry of Employment and Labor