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Provided by Yong-Moon Kim
Labor & Employment Disputes
Labor & Employment
Labor & Employment Disputes
Industrial Health & Safety
Industrial Accidents & Safety Center
Human Rights Management, CSR/Sustainability/Social Value
Mr. Yong Moon Kim is a member of Labor & Employment Group at Jipyong. He has successfully conducted civil, criminal and administrative litigation, responded to investigations by investigative and supervisory agencies, handled labor board disputes and advised on a wide range of legal issues in the labor field, including individual labor relations (e.g., status as an employee, recruitment, dismissal, disciplinary action, personnel order, performance management, restructuring, wages, severance pay, fixed-term work, temporary work, other non-regular work, discrimination, protection of women, individual labor relations in the context of M&A, etc.) and collective labor relations (e.g., establishment and operation of trade unions, collective disputes, , act of dispute, collective labor relations in the context of M&A, establishment of councils). establishment and operation of trade unions, collective bargaining, cooperative activities, strikes, unfair labor practices, collective labor relations under M&A, establishment and operation of labor-management councils), and occupational safety.
Mr. Kim has also recently handled disputes related to the FTA between Korea and the EU based on the experience of dispatch work for one year at the International Labor Organization (ILO) of the United Nations. With his extensive experience and know-how, Mr. Kim provides clients with a high level of service by leading the Labor Group at Jipyong.
2006 / Admitted to Bar, Korea
1999 / Seoul National University (LL.B.)
2024-Present / JIPYONG LLC
2025-Present / Member, Ordinary Grievance Review Committee, Public-Procurement Service
2025-Present / Industry-Academia Executive, The Korea Society of Management Information Systems
2024-Present / Legal Advisor, Ministry of Employment and Labor
2023-Present / Legal Advisor, National Labor Relations Commission
2021-Present / Commissioner, Labor-Management Civil Government Council of Seoul Metropolitan City
2021-Present / Commissioner, Labor Workforce Commission of Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business (KBIZ)
2021-Present / Commissioner, Deliberation Council for Membership Eligibility Determination at the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service
2021-Present / Power Abuse Ombudsman, Public Procurement Service
2020-Present / Adjudication Member, Public Interest at Gyeonggi Regional Labor Relations Commission
2020-Present / External Member, Policy Research Deliberation Committee, Public Procurement Service
2014-Present / Member, Labor Law Practice Study Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
2022-2023 / Commissioner, Seoul Southern District Court’s Civil Conciliation Council
2021-2024 / Senior Attorney, Dentons Lee
2021-2023 / Commissioner, Labor Human Rights Subcommittee under the Human Rights Commission, Korean Bar Association
2019-2022 / External Advisor, Human Rights Management Committee, Korea Development Bank
2017 / Seoul National University Law School - Korea Labor Institute (SNU-KLI) Academy of the best leaders in industrial relationships
2015-2016 / Legal specialist, International Labour Organization
2009-2021 / Attorney(Partner), Lee & Ko
2006-2008 / Attorney, Yoon & Yang
2006 / Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
2025 / Administrative Interpretation of Major Labor Cases (Co-Author), JoongAng Economy
2023 / Ruling on Illegal Placement of A Cement Company; Ruling on A Collective Bargaining Claim of Hyundai Heavy Industries (main contractor’s nature as an employer); Ruling on CJ Logistics (main contractor’s nature as an employer), etc., Monthly Labor Brief. 2023
2022 / The risk of “employee transfer between affiliate companies” has decreased... but the actual practice of providing labor needs to be reviewed, Monthly Labor Brief. September 2022
2022 / Changes and prospects of Korean labor relations following the latest ratification of fundamental ILO Conventions, Monthly Labor Brief. May 2022
2022 / Collective Bargaining Obligations of a Contractor (Prime Contractor) in an Internal Subcontracting Relationship: National Labor Relations Commission Decision, Central2021Buno268 dated March 24, 2022), Monthly Case Review, Korea Enterprises Federation
2021 / Court's ruling to recognize the nature of ordinary wage on retroactive pays caused by wage increases and implications thereof, CHO Insight of the Korea Economic Daily
2021 / Generation MZ and changes in labor movement, CHO Insight of the Korea Economic Daily, August, 2021
2017 / Representativeness of employee member of the labor-management council, Monthly Labor Brief. September 2017
2016 / Regulation of Temporary Agency Work in the Republic of Korea, International Labour Organization
2016 / Employment Protection Legislation update Korea, International Labour Organization
2016 / Worker’s participation in decision-making at the enterprise level, International Labour Organization
2016 / Understanding the Effectiveness of Individual Labour Dispute Resolution Systems in Korea, International Labour Organization country report
2015 / Employer’s Correspondence & Limit in Industrial Action, BFL, Center for Financial Law of Seoul National University
2015 / Restrictions on Hiring by the Employer during Industrial Actions, International Labour Organization
2015 / Legal Regulation of the Employment Relationship in the Republic of Korea, International Labour Organization
Korean / English
Advised and represented major domestic and international distribution/logistics and transportation companies (including department store, hypermarket, courier, taxi company, bus company and airline, etc.) in connection with labor matters
Advised major domestic and international manufacturing companies (including companies manufacturing automobiles and related components, tires, steel, large ships, food products, etc.) in connection with labor matters
Advised and represented major domestic raw materials/energy companies (coal, oil, gas, cement, power generation, etc.) in connection with labor matters
Advised and represented major construction companies in connection with labor disputes
Advised major domestic service companies (including hotel, casino, food product and hospital companies) in connection with labor disputes
Advised and represented major domestic tech companies in connection with labor disputes
Advised and represented major domestic and international financial companies (including bank, securities, insurance, and credit card companies) in connection with labor disputes
Advised and represented domestic and foreign state-owned companies and public institutions (roads, ports, airports, resources, energy, etc.) in connection with labor disputes
Advised and represented major media and press companies (including KBS, MBC, SBS, Yonhap News, and YTN, etc.) in connection with labor disputes
Advised and represented major domestic universities in connection with labor disputes
Advised and represented the Korean government in connection with labor disputes
Provided by Chambers
Kim Yong-Moon is frequently sought after to represent high-profile clients in legal disputes. His expertise in employment law is broad and varied, including recruitment, fixed-term work and collective disputes.
Provided by Chambers
He has a very strong fundamental understanding, with no discomfort in conversations with clients; he has excellent communication skills and a good grasp of client needs.
Yong-Moon performs work with professionalism and sincerity.
He has a very strong fundamental understanding, with no discomfort in conversations with clients; he has excellent communication skills and a good grasp of client needs.
Yong-Moon performs work with professionalism and sincerity.