The Labor and Employment Practice Group of Lee & Ko is one of the most successful practice group in South Korea. Through unparalleled expertise and specialization, our Labor and Employment team has successfully litigated cases involving a wide variety of complex employment law related matters. In particular, our Labor and Employment team has litigated before the Labor Relations Commission regarding claims of wrongful termination, unfair labor practices, and other remedial measures, as well as before the Korean courts in cases involving wages, severance payments, terminations, fixed-term employees, and other employment-related litigation.

Expertise

Claims for remedy before the Labor Relations Commission
Civil claims involving employment and labor law matters
Criminal allegations involving employment and labor law matters
Administrative claims involving employment and labor law matters
Injunction claims for employment and labor law issues

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Major Cases

Successful litigation cases on the issue of ordinary wage disputes, one of which includes the largest such case in the country. Other ordinary wages case victories includes those which we represented involving H-company (steel manufacturer), D-company (airline carrier), D-company (corporation), H-company (heavy industries), D-company (financial institute), H-company (construction), and W-company (home appliances).
Successful court confirmation litigation regarding the employment status of fixed-term employees of K-company (tire manufacturer) and H-company (construction).
Successful litigation involving severance payment entitlements for credit card company customer recruiters and credit information company collection agents.
Successful defense against claims for confirmation invalidating termination orders and settling other wage related claims for H-company (discount store), D-company (corporation), and K-company (bank), among others.
Litigations disputing termination for poor performance and/or challenging disciplinary sanctions.
Litigations related to the removal of directors at various educational institutions, including the K, I, and Y institutions.
Litigation over disciplinary sanctions that were imposed against ministers and other public officials, and over the elimination of relevant positions.
Litigation on the interpretation of an arbitration award between S-company (energy) and its union, as well as other similar cases involving other labor-management disputes.
Sexual harassment litigation cases for P-company, among many others.
Litigation against the union of S-company for damages incurred during union activities.
Discrimination litigation involving temporary employees of H-company (food manufacturer).
Litigation involving injunction claims to prohibit K-company (broadcast) from employing replacement workers during a union strike, among others.