Doosan Heavy Industries, Disputes 'Unfair Suspension of Office Workers' Ruling by Labor Relations Commission... Requests Rehearing at Central Labor Relations Commission

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has filed a request for reconsideration with the Central Labor Commission regarding the Gyeongnam Regional Labor Commission's ruling that the suspension of office workers is unfair.

According to related industries and the Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction labor union on the 11th, the company reportedly disagreed with the Gyeongnam Labor Commission's order to cancel the suspension for 27 office union members and requested the Central Labor Commission to re-examine the case the day before.

Earlier, Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, which has been experiencing management difficulties, initiated a suspension of idle personnel for about 350 employees until the end of this year in May, shortly after two rounds of voluntary retirement this year. Both the office workers' union and the production workers' union opposed this and filed unfair suspension relief applications with the Gyeongnam Regional Labor Commission.

On July 30, the Gyeongnam Labor Commission ruled that the suspension of the 27 office union members was unfair.

According to the ruling document from the Gyeongnam Labor Commission, the commission acknowledged the necessity of suspension due to management crisis considering various circumstances such as the decreasing workload rate at Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction's headquarters in Changwon every year, the continuous deterioration of annual performance, and the company's promise to creditors to reduce costs by 180 billion KRW.

However, the commission sided with the union on procedural grounds, stating that the company's 12 management status briefing sessions were not substantive consultations on the selection of suspension targets, and there was no notification regarding changes in labor costs and other management conditions after the voluntary retirement applications.

Since the relief application content and the commission's ruling for 207 production union members are reportedly similar to those of the office workers' union, the company is expected to request reconsideration for the production union members' ruling in the future.

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