Tae Hwan Oh
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 3 : Employment
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About
Provided by Tae Hwan Oh
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
Employment ∙ Labor
Career
Tae Hwan Oh is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC and his main practice areas are employment and labor, disputes on industrial accidents, legal subcontracting, and safety and health, etc.
While working as a judge at various courts and the Seoul Administrative Court, Mr. Oh built vast hands-on experience in employment and labor matters. He currently oversees handling of major labor-related disputes as the head of the Employment and Labor Practice Group of Yoon & Yang LLC. In particular, over the recent few years, Tae Hwan Oh has been involved with a large number of cases involving ordinary wages, illegal dispatch, non-regular workers, investigations by employment and labor administrations and labor union issues.
Professional Memberships
Admitted to bar, Korea (1999)
Publications
Korea Chapter, Employment, Chambers Global Practice Guides, Chambers and Partners, (Co-author, 2022-2023)
Korea Chapter, Occupational Health & Safety, Lexology Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2023)
Liability for Products, Research Society of Civil Litigation Precedents, Incheon District Court
Limited Duration Labor Contract, Society for the Research of Practical Administrative Business, Seoul Administrative Court
Meaning and Interpretation of Unlawful Act under the Tax Law, Tax Practice Study 1
Understanding of the Supreme Court’s En Banc Decision Concerning Ordinary Wages, Journal Vol. 81 No.1, AMCHAM Korea (Co-author, 2014)
Work Highlights
Represented Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors in litigations regarding ordinary wages, illegal dispatch and fixed-term contract workers
Advised IBM on labor supervision
Represented Hyundai Wia in litigation regarding ordinary wages and illegal dispatch
Represented Hyundai Mobis in litigation regarding the interpretation of collective agreement
Represented Hyundai Special Steel in disputes regarding disciplinary dismissal
Advised MG Non-Life Insurance and KBWS on investigations by the Ministry of Employment and Labor
Conducted audit services for Public Home Shopping
Advised Handsome and Kolon Industries on the realignment of subcontracting relationships and handled relevant litigation
Represented Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) in asset managers’ collective actions on imposition of acquisition tax
Represented Korea Railroad Corporation in litigation regarding the disposition to impose value-added tax
Represented Hyundai Autoever in litigation regarding dispute over illegal dispatch
Represented Korea Technology Finance Corporation (KIBO) in litigation regarding disputes over incentives and ordinary wages
Represented Nonghyup Asset Management Co. in litigation regarding the nature of laborers
Represented Money Today, Newsis and News1 in litigation regarding internal regulatory revisions and employment & labor issues
Represented Seoul Facilities Corporation in the Ministry of Employment & Labor’s investigation and litigation regarding discriminative wage and ordinary wage
Represented Hyundai Engineering in litigation on industrial accident
Advised Fila Korea on transfer of executives
Languages Spoken
Korean and English
Experience
2007-present: Yoon & Yang LLC
2012-present:Member of Tax System Committee, Korean Bar Association
2012-18: Member of District Appeal Commission, Seoul Metropolitan Government
2011-12: Member of Taxpayers’ Rights Committee, Gangnam District Tax Office
2010-17: Commissioner of Public Interests, Discrimination Remedy Committee, Seoul Local Labor Relations Commission
2005-07: Judge, Seoul Administration Court
2002-05: Judge, Incheon District Court
1999-02: Judge, Busan District Court
Education
Judicial Research and Training Institute
1999
Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Law (coursework completed)
1992
Sungkyunkwan University College of Law
LL.B.
1989
Awards
Leading Individual, Employment
Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific
2023
Litigation Star, Labor and employment
Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
2023
Litigation Star, Labor and employment
Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
2022