KCCI "Passage of the Trade Union Act Amendment, Please at Least Enact Minimum Supplementary Legislation"

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] The Korea Employers Federation (KEF) stated on the 9th that supplementary legislation is urgently needed in relation to the National Assembly passing the amendment to the Labor Union Act for ratifying the ILO core conventions.

In a statement released immediately after the bill's passage, KEF said, "None of the business community's requests were reflected during the National Assembly's deliberation process, and only the labor side's demands were incorporated, resulting in a bill that is even more biased than the original government-submitted proposal. The business community cannot help but feel serious concern and deep frustration over this fact."

It continued, "The business community had repeatedly requested a careful re-examination of the legislation even before the government bill was submitted, and during the National Assembly's deliberations, it requested several times that proposals reflecting the business community's position be prepared. The core requests from the business community include allowing replacement labor during strikes to restore the balance of power between labor and management, prohibiting workplace occupation, and abolishing direct criminal punishment for unfair labor practices," it explained.

KEF stated, "If the amendment, which unilaterally reflects only the labor side's demands without incorporating the business community's requests, is implemented as is, the confrontational and conflictual labor-management relations in our country will inevitably worsen, and the burden on companies regarding labor relations will become unmanageable. We earnestly request once again that supplementary legislation be promoted so that at least some of the business community's core demands can be reflected, even during this extraordinary session of the National Assembly."

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