First ruling treats contractors as de facto employer, signaling more union demands

Labor groups on Friday welcomed the first ruling by a regional labor relations commission recognizing contractors’ obligation to negotiate with subcontracted workers, saying the decision could accelerate similar demands across industries. The response followed a decision a day earlier by the Chungnam Regional Labor Relations Commission, which found that four public institutions had de facto employer relationships with subcontracted workers in areas such as safety management and workforce deploym

By The Korea Herald