During a recent speech the head of the Korean Labor & Employment Law Team and I gave to the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, a few interesting topics came up that seemed to be of particular interest to participants. For the Power Point of the presentation click HERE. Factors Courts use to Determine if an Individual is an Employee and Thus Obligated to Provide Severance and Employment Security etc. Under the Korea Labor Standards Act (LSA). These following factors
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Hiring a Korean Independent Contractor for Work in Korea
We receive many requests for drafting Korean independent contractor agreements and we, sometime, decide with the client, that it is better to have a Korean distribution or agency agreement with a company, because of uncertainty in Korean Labor & Employment Law and other reasons. Korea’s court decisions on Korean Labor Law are as predictable as the Korean weather and the standard to determine if one is an independent contractor or an “employee” is as clear as a Beijing sky. For
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