Employment 2025

SOUTH KOREA Law and Practice Contributed by: Sihoon Yang, Young Min Kim, Jung Mo Hong and Douglas Hwang Yoon & Yang LLC

China

North Korea

Seoul

South Korea

Japan

Contents 1. Employment Terms p.569 1.1 Employee Status p.569 1.2 Employment Contracts p.569

6. Collective Relations p.578 6.1 Unions p.578

6.2 Employee Representative Bodies p.578 6.3 Collective Bargaining Agreements p.578 7. Termination p.579 7.1 Grounds for Termination p.579 7.2 Notice Periods p.580 7.3 Dismissal for (Serious) Cause p.581 7.4 Termination Agreements p.581 7.5 Protected Categories of Employee p.582 8. Disputes p.582 8.1 Wrongful Dismissal p.582 8.2 Anti-Discrimination p.583 8.3 Digitalisation p.584 9. Dispute Resolution p.585 9.1 Litigation p.585 9.2 Alternative Dispute Resolution p.585 9.3 Costs p.585

1.3 Working Hours p.569 1.4 Compensation p.571

1.5 Other Employment Terms p.571 2. Restrictive Covenants p.574 2.1 Non-Competes p.574

2.2 Non-Solicits p.574 3. Data Privacy p.574 3.1 Data Privacy Law and Employment p.574 4. Foreign Workers p.575 4.1 Limitations on Foreign Workers p.575 4.2 Registration Requirements for Foreign Workers p.576

5. New Work p.576 5.1 Mobile Work p.576 5.2 Sabbaticals p.577 5.3 Other New Manifestations p.577

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