Seong Hong
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Provided by Seong Hong
Work Highlights
Advised Company S (semi-conductor) and Company K (automobile manufacturing) on the process of performance competency management of low-performing individuals
Advised and inspected Company C (game), Company K (game), and Company S (securities) in respect of sexual harassment and workplace harassment
Advised Company H (IT) and Company Y (automobile engine manufacturing) on collective labor relations
Advised Company I (IT) and Company E (retail) on the response to labor inspection
Advised Company S (manufacturing), Company S (construction), Company H (logistics), and several other corporations on the response to the Act on Punishment for Serious Accidents and provided legal consulting thereof
Represented and advised Company L (IT), and Company G (manufacturing) on the case of a violation of Occupational Safety and Health Act
Advised Company V (heavy machinery manufacturing) and Company S (semi-conductor) on the risk of in-house subcontracting and illegal dispatch
Represented Construction H, Company H (manufacturing), and several other corporations in illegal dispatch litigation cases
Advised Company A (airline) and Company L (retail) on M&A and labor relations
Advised Company H (automobile sales) on layoff
Advised Company K (bank) on a management plan for non-regular workers
Represented Company M (insurance) and Company S (manufacturing) in Ministry of Employment and Labor cases
Represented Company P (confectionary), Company S (manufacturing), and several other corporations in ordinary wage litigation cases
Practice Areas
General HR
Illegal Dispatch ∙ Non-Regular Workers
Collective Labor Relations
Sexual Harassment ∙ Workplace Harassment
Labor Inspection
HR Compliance
Workplace Safety ∙ Serious Accidents
M&A & Labor
Labor Dispute
Employment & Labor Litigation
Career
Seong Hong is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice area is employment & labor law.
Mr. Hong provides various forms of legal advice as well as representations in litigations in respect of employment & labor and HR areas, including corporate management system and human resources management, corporate management of non-regular workers (in-house subcontracting, illegal dispatch, fixed term law), enactment and amendment of employment regulations and collective agreements, workplace harassment and sexual harassment compliance, labor inspection, and responses to the Ministry of Employment and Labor. He has also been demonstrating unparalleled sophistication in compliance matters in relation to responding to industrial accidents and the Act on Punishment for Serious Accidents. He is currently serving as a regular member of the Labor Law Forum at the Supreme Court of Korea, as well as the Society of Labor Law Theory and Profession.
Professional Memberships
Admitted to bar, Korea (2006)
Publications
The Implication of the Korean Supreme Court’s En Banc Decision on Abandoning the legal Principles of "Reasonable under the Social Norms", Journal Vol. 90 No. 4, AMCHAM Korea (Co-author, 2023)
Controversies and Prospects on Liabilities for Damages Arising from Unlawful Industrial Actions, Journal Vol. 90 No. 3, AMCHAM Korea (Co-author, 2023)
Korea Chapter, Occupational Health & Safety, Lexology Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2022-2023)
South Korea: Law & Practice, Employment, Chambers Global Practice Guides (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2019, 2020, 2021)
The Necessity for the “52-hour” Weekly Working Hours and Policy Improvements, Korea Herald, 2018
Practical Issues on the Recognition of Workers’ Status for Commissioned Drivers, Labor Law, 201
Criteria for Differentiating Inter-Company Subcontract and Worker Dispatching, Labor Law, 2015
Obligations of Employment and Legal Fiction of Employment for Dispatched Workers, Labor Law, 2015
Validity and Legal Characteristics of Agreement on Return of Signing Bonus, Labor Law, 2015
Practical Issues of Requirements for Types and Legitimacy of Personnel Transfers, Labor Law, 2015
Key Issues on Benefits from Improper Dismissal Relief Program and Lawsuit, Labor Law, 2016
Case Review – Good Faith Decision on Ordinary Wage Dispute, Labor Law, 2016
Legal Issues on the Fairness Standards in Low Performer Assessment (Co-Author), Labor Law, 2016
Expanded Introduction of Performance-Based Annual Salary System and Rationality Theory from the Perspective of Common Sense, Labor Law, 2016
A Contractor’s Responsibility on the violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, Labor Law, 2016
Illegal Dispatch and the Scope of Damages for Compensation, Labor Law, 2016
Legal Suggestions on How to Solve the Delayed Payment of Wages Issues in Service Industries, Labor Law, 2018
Minimum Wages and the Changes of Salary System, Labor Law, 2018
Practical Issues of Presumed Work Hours System on the Labor outside Workplace, Labor Law, 2018
The Bargaining Channel Unification Procedure and the Bargaining Unit Separation System, Labor Law, 2019
The Positives and the Negatives of the Enactment of the Workplace Harassment Prevention Act, Labor Law, 2019
Languages Spoken
Korean and English
Experience
2009-present: Yoon & Yang LLC
2011-present: Member, Labor Law Forum, Supreme Court
2018-present: Member (Director), Society of Labor Law Theory and Profession
2008-09: Public Service Advocate, National Advocacy Department, Ministry of Justice
2006-08: Public Service Advocate, Busan High Prosecutors’ Office
Education
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
LL.M.
2014
Korea University College of Law
LL.B.
2004
Awards
Next Generation Partners, Employment & Labor
Legal500 Asia-Pacific
2023
Next Generation Partners, Employment & Labor
Legal500 Asia-Pacific
2022
Next Generation Partners, Employment & Labor
Legal500 Asia-Pacific
2021
Next Generation Partners, Employment & Labor
Legal500 Asia-Pacific
2020
Future Star, Labor and employment
Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
2023
Future Star, Labor and employment
Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
2022
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