Author: Sunny Lee
Mandatory social insurances for foreign companies in Korea (update for 2013)
This is an update for the post written in 2008. I corrected some mistakes and updated insurance premium rates. Many foreign employers who newly start…
54% of companies do not disclose the amount of annual salary for job posting
According to a survey conducted by a job portal site(www.career.co.kr), more than half of companies in Korea do not disclose salary information when they post a job vacancy. The…
Korean social insurance system for expatriate employees
I already covered social insurance systems for Korean employees in my previous post. But what about social insurance for staff sent from headquarters to Korea? It…
40 and 44 hours workweeks – application schedule and differences
Since revision of the Labor Standards Act (LSA), 40 hours workweek system has been adopted by most companies in Korea. The only segment left uncovered…
Probationary period
The probationary period, here, means a period that a company, after concluding a labor contract with a worker, sets a certain period of time to…
Korea’s record in terms of enforcing contracts and employing workers
A colleague of mine asked me a few days ago to find a document showing Korea’s level of transparency in terms of legal procedures of…