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President Lee Jae Myung speaks at the 31st Cabinet meeting held at Cheong Wa Dae on the 21st. From left, Minister of Gender Equality and Family Won Min-kyung, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Kim Jung-kwan, Minister of Public Administration and Security Yoon Ho-jung, President Lee, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy Koo Yoon-chul.
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Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Young-hoon, speaking at a Cabinet meeting held on the 21st.
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The government has targeted financial businesses in Seoul to eradicate the misuse of comprehensive wages, which have been pointed out as the main cause of "free labor." The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced on the 20th that it will conduct "relay supervision by area of comprehensive wage misuse" for financial and service businesses in Jung-gu and Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul.
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Choi Ye-bin, economics reporter I stayed up all night covering Samsung Electronics' strike in May. The screen I opened with my sleepy eyes rubbing was not a news release. It was a screenshot of Samsung Electronics' lounge in the office worker community blind shared by a third-party reporter. There, the workers were sharpening their blades at each other.
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Net profit of organic rice Only 18.6% of general farmers Direct payment, current 950,000 won to 2.8 million won Proposed National project 'Doubling eco-friendly agriculture' goal "Reviewing support plan and scale with budget authorities" In order to achieve the national task of doubling eco-friendly agriculture by 2030, the direct payment of eco-friendly agriculture should be raised to up to three times the current level, according to a study.
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Critics point out that the "bargaining decision" has been repeated again over the fact that next year's minimum wage will be set after a last-minute tug-of-war between labor and management with the deadline for legal deliberation. Rather than objective data, labor and management are repeatedly exchanging demands and narrowing the gap.
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Ulsan Genowi, Analysis of Decisions Judging by the right to decide instead of whether to sign a direct contract Characteristics of classification of user nature by job and agenda Request for wage bargaining by agency union is rejected On the afternoon of the 13th, when the Hyundai Motor branch of the National Metal Workers' Union (Hyundai Motor Union) launched a three-day partial strike, workers in the morning hours of the plant are leaving work two hours earlier than usual at the Myeongchon...
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Ulsan Genowe Committee Decisions on Application for Correction Userity Classification by Job · Agenda Even without a direct contract, it is more likely to decide than the original contractual relationship Agency Camaster Negotiations are dismissed Wage Employment is judged in the management rights area Lee Jong-chul, head of the labor union, speaks at this year's wage negotiation battle ceremony held on the lawn in front of the main building of Hyundai Motor's Ulsan plant on the afternoon of...
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Next year's minimum wage has been set at 10,700 won per hour. The labor-management agreement reached last year for the first time in 17 years failed to continue this year. The minimum wage was confirmed by a vote as labor and management could not narrow their differences on the extent of the increase. The Minimum Wage Committee held its 14th plenary session at the Sejong Government Complex on the 14th and decided on the minimum wage for 2027. It is up 3.7 percent from 10,320 won per hour this year.
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The minimum wage for next year, 10,700 won per hour, is up 3.7% from this year, and the monthly conversion is 2,236,300 won. The Minimum Wage Committee held its 14th plenary session at the Sejong Government Complex on the 14th and decided to set the minimum wage for 2027 at 10,700 won per hour. This is an increase of 380 won and 3.7 percent from this year's minimum wage of 10,320 won. The monthly conversion based on working 40 hours a week and 209 hours a month is KRW 2.23 million.
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The government will reorganize related laws so that the workers' representation system, which has been ineffective, can function in practice, and push for a plan to make the workers' representation committee permanent to support it. Although the government recognizes that the representative of workers has not functioned properly to strengthen workers' rights, the user seems to be concerned that the burden of labor-management relations will increase.
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If the government's reform of the workers' representative system becomes a reality, a major change in the labor-management landscape is expected, centering on workplaces that do not have a majority of labor unions. This is because workers' representatives, which have been elected as one-time whenever users virtually arbitrarily set or specific issues arise, can be changed to a "regular representative" system that guarantees certain terms and powers.
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Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Young-hoon is greeting at the "AI Technology Innovation Debate" on the 14th. News 1 Labor and management confronted each other over how to utilize the excess profits earned by artificial intelligence (AI) innovation and semiconductor supercyclical companies. Labor insisted on taxation of excess profits and redistribution of wages and employment sectors, while management countered that investment should be made first to secure future competitiveness.
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The number of employment insurance subscribers continued to increase by 200,000 for the sixth consecutive month, supporting the growth of the job market. However, the number of subscribers to the manufacturing and construction industries declined for 13 and 35 consecutive months, respectively. Concerns about "polarization of employment" by industry are deepening. In particular, wholesale and retail businesses have seen their subscriber growth slow down in the aftermath of the Homeplus incident.
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The government's plan to expand the obligation to appoint safety and health managers announced through the "Comprehensive Measures for Labor Safety" last year has been put on the table for negotiations between labor, management and government under the Presidential Committee on Economic, Social and Labor.
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In the first half of this year, the number of beneficiaries of parental leave benefits is expected to surpass 100,000, the highest ever. In particular, the proportion of recipients of male parental leave benefits was found to be close to 40%.
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The government will reorganize the employment insurance subscription standards from working hours to income. If the monthly salary is 800,000 won or more, you will be able to purchase employment insurance regardless of working hours. The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced on the 10th that it will announce the legislation for 40 days of a partial revision of the Employment Insurance Act and the subordinate laws of the Employment and Industrial Insurance Premium Collection Act.
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While the rural population is rapidly decreasing, restructuring of the national agricultural and livestock cooperatives is not faster than in major advanced countries. It is pointed out that the miniaturization of unions is reducing the competitiveness of natural economic projects such as agricultural distribution and deepening the concentration of the financial industry. The 'scaleization' of the unit agricultural cooperative has emerged as an urgent task for survival.
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The government will establish a system to detect employment changes early in order to preemptively respond to job losses caused by the spread of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. It has also decided to start formal discussions on ways to socially compensate for wage reductions and income gaps.
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Prime Minister Seong Sook Han (left) is presiding over a national policy coordination meeting at the Seoul Government Complex in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 9th. Newsis How to distribute the fruits of growth created by artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a new key issue in employment policy during the industrial transition period.
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Management and labor have entered a last-minute tug-of-war to determine next year's minimum wage. Labor and management have repeatedly submitted amendments, but they are still unable to close the 1,060 won gap. The Minimum Wage Committee held its 12th plenary session at the Sejong Government Complex on the 7th and continued to deliberate on the minimum wage applied in 2027. At the meeting, labor and management submitted the fifth amendment.
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Warning from a member who directly participated in post-adjustment of Samsung Electronics "The emergence of a new distribution politics called by excess performance" Labor-Management Stage, online from the negotiation center "A 'Like' fight instead of discussing 'doubt and compromise'" Vice President Kim Hyung-ro, the company's representative, briefly came out during the meeting at the Samsung Electronics post-coordination meeting held in the first coordination meeting room of the Central...
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President Lee Jae Myung is looking at SK Hynix's AI semiconductor exhibits before the National Report on the Development of Advanced Industries in the Southwest region held at the Kim Dae Jung Convention Center in Gwangju on the 30th. 2026.06.30. <Newsis> The government says it will make public the excess "profit" of semiconductors. But it's strange from the beginning. Is the profit made by the company or the tax the government will collect more.
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When hiring foreign workers, small and medium-sized businesses hire foreign workers without knowing whether they are good or not. It's similar to drawing lots left to chance." "If you apply for a foreign employment permit at a local employment and labor center, it takes four to five months to actually hire," said a representative of a sheet metal manufacturing company, which has nearly 50% of foreign workers.
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Although the era of 1.1 million foreign workers has arrived, it is pointed out that the "foreign manpower management system" divided by visa and ministry is adding to the confusion in industrial sites.
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Choi Ye-bin, economics reporter The government will raise the issue of the distribution of excess profits in semiconductors and make it public. But it's strange from the beginning. Is the profit made by the company or the tax the government will collect more. The green book, which is somewhat unfamiliar to us, is simply a "questionnaire" that the government asks society ahead of policy decisions. If the questionnaire is confused from the start, the answer is also confusing.
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With labor-management negotiations running parallel to determine the minimum wage next year, the two sides submitted the first amendment that finely adjusted the gap. Labor initially lowered 30 won, and management countered by raising 20 won. As a result, the gap between labor and management, which reached 1,680 won, has narrowed slightly to 1,630 won.
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As the government has decided to re-emerge discussions on the distribution of excess profits to large corporations, social debates over who and how to divide the "fault of the semiconductor boom" are heating up.
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The government plans to start publicizing the so-called "excess profits" that are occurring mainly in semiconductor conglomerates in July. The plan is to expand the discussion of "social solidarity wages," which the Ministry of Employment and Labor tried to push for in the wake of the controversy over Samsung Electronics' incentives, to a large-scale social discussion involving experts, labor unions, companies and the general public, not a one-time discussion.
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"Supply chain labor problems lead to tariffs" Failure to prove labor risks will disrupt exports (Naju = News1) Correspondent Jo Su-min = Participants shout slogans at an emergency press conference in front of the Yeonggwang Salt Farm Workers' Human Rights Violation Planning Committee in Bitgaram-dong, Naju, Jeollanam-do, on the morning of the 18th.
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Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Young-hoon (right) visited DNB in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on the 26th. DNB is an example of simultaneously improving productivity and achieving an employment-friendly corporate environment through the introduction of AI processes. Despite the introduction of AI, the number of employees has increased from 78 to 100 in three years. Ministry of Employment and Labor Inside the confectionery company DNB's factory in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.
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Re-emphasizing the management freeze position Labor "12,000 won is the minimum" (Sejong = News1) Reporter Kim Ki-nam = Members of the Korean Federation of Trade Unions hold a resolution in front of the minimum wage committee at the Sejong Government Complex on the 25th to demand a 16.3% increase in the minimum wage in 2027 to 12,000 won.
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A Coupang distribution center in downtown Seoul. [Yonhap News] Of the 25,000 couriers entrusted by Coupang Logistics Service (CLS), a Coupang logistics subsidiary, only 300, or 1.2% of the total, were members of the Coupang Courier Union. As they have proposed restrictions on early morning delivery, controversy over union representation is expected to be inevitable.
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The "struggle" between labor and management, which will determine the minimum wage level next year, has begun in earnest. When the labor community came up with an extraordinary increase of 12,000 won per hour, the management community countered to freeze it at the current level of 10,320 won. The Minimum Wage Committee held the 8th plenary session at the Sejong Government Complex on the 23rd and unveiled the first proposal.
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It has been 100 days since the revised labor union law, called the "Yellow Envelope Act," was implemented, and nine out of 10 original contracts that subcontracted unions demanded negotiations were recognized for "usability." However, only 2% of the total number of workplaces requiring negotiations actually entered the main office.
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The Minimum Wage Committee has decided to apply the minimum wage in a single manner next year, regardless of the industry. The Minimum Wage Committee announced on the 18th that it voted on the classification of minimum wage industries in 2027 at the 7th plenary session held at the Sejong Government Complex and rejected it with 14 votes against, 11 votes in favor and one invalid vote. Labor and management engaged in a tense tug-of-war over the differential application.
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Unemployment benefits are higher than the minimum wage loss, so it's advantageous not to get a job and get unemployment benefits Applicants for unemployment benefits are waiting for their turn at the Seoul Western Employment and Welfare Plus Center in Mapo-gu, Seoul on the 18th. [Reporter Han Joo-hyung] It was found that two out of three recipients of unemployment benefits received a fixed salary period to the end rather than re-employment.
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Lee Seok-hyung, head of the Korea Agricultural Technology Promotion Agency (left), and Jeong Young-sook, a Korean food master, are holding onions in a campaign to promote onion consumption. Korea Agricultural Technology Promotion Agency As domestic onion prices fell sharply in the wake of rising production and sluggish consumption, the Korea Agricultural Technology Promotion Agency has launched win-win activities to support farmers and expand consumption.
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National Assembly Labor Forum Debate on 'Basic Law on Working People and Estimation System of Workers' 3.3% Out of 8.69 million business income earners, only 16.1% were covered by industrial accident insurance. "Basic law is not enough...Claims "Presumption system to prevent worker misclassification" Debate on the correct legislative direction of the Working Person Basic Law and the Worker Estimation System.
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Serious 使, Ryu Ki-jung, executive director of the Korea Employers Federation (KEF), a user member, looks serious as he listens to the remarks of Lee Mi-sun, vice chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, at the 6th plenary session held at the minimum wage committee of the Sejong Government Complex on the 16th 勞. On the right is Ryu Ki-sup, secretary-general of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions, a member of the workers' committee.
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勞 Suggests Minimum Wage of KRW 2.5 Million per Month "Dividing the fruits concentrated on semiconductors It is far below the minimum cost of living" Platform Workers' Application Demand Management has not yet proposed a demand for the burden of small business owners and sluggish self-employment Expected to battle for differential application by industry Officials of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions are holding a press conference on the 15th to...
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The Ulsan Regional Labor Relations Commission acknowledged the user nature of Hyundai Motor, but did not disclose any details. As the sending of a decision containing the grounds for this judgment was pushed back by up to a month, the industrial site fell into unprecedented confusion.
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The Ulsan Regional Labor Relations Commission has ruled that Hyundai Motor Co. is the "real president" of the subcontracted labor union. Since the implementation of the Yellow Envelope Act (Amended Trade Union Act), the user nature of the original office has been recognized for the first time for the largest automobile manufacturer in Korea, and the impact is expected to increase across the manufacturing industry, where the multi-level subcontracting structure is widely established.
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Labor officially demanded 12,000 won per hour as the minimum wage to be applied next year. This is 16.3% higher than this year's minimum wage (10,320 won). The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) and the Korean Federation of Trade Unions (KCTU) held a press conference on the 15th and made the proposal. When converted into monthly salary, it is 2.58 million won (40 hours a week, 209 hours a month).
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The 12,000 won per hour demanded by the labor community as the minimum wage for 2027 on the 15th is a 16.3% increase from this year's 10,320 won. In terms of the increase rate alone, it is higher than the 14.7% increase rate that came out when the 2026 minimum wage demand (11,500 won was proposed) was announced last year. Discussions at the Minimum Wage Committee are expected to continue parallel as it demanded a stronger increase than last year.
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Labor officially demanded 12,000 won per hour as the minimum wage to be applied next year. This is 16.3% higher than this year's minimum wage (10,320 won). The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) and the Korean Federation of Trade Unions (KCTU) held a press conference on the 15th and made the proposal. When converted into monthly salary, it is 2.58 million won (40 hours a week, 209 hours a month).
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The number of mountains in Korea surveyed by the Korea Forest Service is 4400. Is there a mountain with my name in it among these many mountains. I happened to search the Naver map with my friends and found it. Yebin Mountain in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province. A mountain 589.9m above sea level stood with my name. The purpose was to confirm rather than to climb the mountain. Whether the mountain with my name is actually there. I decided to climb with my friends.
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The Minimum Wage Committee, which determines the minimum wage for next year, has concluded that the minimum wage will not be applied to contract workers such as courier and delivery drivers. As a result of voting on "whether to apply the minimum wage applied in 2027 to contract workers separately" at the 5th plenary session held at the Sejong Government Complex on the 11th, the Minimum Wage Committee decided not to apply the minimum wage to contract workers separately.
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The Maeil Economic Daily held an award ceremony for the "Industrial Accident Prevention Idea Short-form Video Contest" jointly held with the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency on the 11th at Maekyung Media Center in Jung-gu, Seoul.
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1.84 million registration cases, twice the number of farms nationwide Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, etc. Review of funding differential support, etc He is performing in front of the National Assembly headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul. [Photo = Yonhap News] While the number of farms is decreasing, but the number of registered agricultural management companies is increasing, the government has begun research to revise the entire related system.
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