Dong Wook Kim
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About
Provided by Dong Wook Kim
Practice Areas
Mr. Dong-Wook Kim is a partner at Shin & Kim. Mr. Kim’s practice focuses on consulting, advice and litigation in connection with personnel management, labor affairs, labor relations management.
Mr. Kim has worked for Kookmin Bank and has performed duties including the comprehensive management of revocation litigation of review decisions on subjects including dismissal/non-regular workers (fixed-term/dispatched workers), unfair labor practices and essential minimum services/analysis of judicial precedents, and investigation and adjudication at the National Labor Relations Commission after completing the course of the Judicial Research and Training Institute. Then, Mr. Kim was in charge of the comprehensive management of litigation related to collective labor relations, establishment and operation of labor unions, collective bargaining, collective agreements, labor strikes, unfair labor practices and duties related to international organizations including ILO and OECD serving as administrative officer and deputy director at the Labor-Relations Legal Affairs Division of the Ministry of Employment and Labor. He also performed the legal examination and consulting by participating in determination on main labor policies of Ministry of Employment and Labor, National Labor Relations Commission.
Mr. Kim has given lectures on labor precedents to public-interest commissioners of the National Labor Relations Commission and Regional Labor Relations Commission when serving for the National Labor Relations Commission. He was selected as the best lecturer on several occasions by persons taking lectures while giving lectures on labor laws to public officials of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, officials of local municipalities, faculty staff, etc. at the employment and labor training institute of Korea University of Technology and Education (best lecturer in 2009, 2011 and 2012, and great lecturer in 2010). Currently, Mr. Kim is a member of the Korean Society of Labor Law and the Korean Society of Comparison Labor Law, and serves as director of the Society of Labor Law Theory and Profession. Mr. Kim has participated in the process of setting questions of the 20th, 21st, and 22nd Certified Labor Attorney examinations.
Career
Partner, Shin & Kim; Advisory Counsel, Ministry of Employment and Labor (2016-2019); Adjunct Professor, Korea University School of Law (2015-2019); Deputy Director and Deputy Manager, Ministry of Employment and Labor (2011-2014); Attorney in comprehensive charge of litigation and analysis of judicial precedents, National Labor Relations Commission (2007-2011); Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea (2007); Kookmin Bank (2000).
Professional Memberships
Korean Bar
Education
Korea University, Graduate School of Law
Ph.D. coursework completed
2011 - 2013
Korea University, Graduate School of Law
LL.M.
1998 - 2000
Korea University, College of Law
LL.B.
1990 - 1997
Contributions
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COVID-19 & Beyond: Employment Ministry Issues Comprehensive Employers’ Guide on Working from Home
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve in South Korea, many employers are extending or beginning to implement work-from-home (“WFH”) options for their employees, or combining remote work and office time.
Shin & Kim Successfully Defends Largest Broadcasting Company against Wage Agreement Lawsuit
On February 10, 2017, Shin & Kim successfully defended Korea’s largest broadcasting company against a lawsuit by its employees seeking approximately KRW 185 billion in unpaid wages. The total number of plaintiffs numbered 2,257, of which 1,599 remained when the final judgment was rendered.
COVID-19 & Beyond: Employment Ministry Issues Comprehensive Employers’ Guide on Working from Home
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve in South Korea, many employers are extending or beginning to implement work-from-home (“WFH”) options for their employees, or combining remote work and office time.
Shin & Kim Successfully Defends Largest Broadcasting Company against Wage Agreement Lawsuit
On February 10, 2017, Shin & Kim successfully defended Korea’s largest broadcasting company against a lawsuit by its employees seeking approximately KRW 185 billion in unpaid wages. The total number of plaintiffs numbered 2,257, of which 1,599 remained when the final judgment was rendered.