'Yellow Envelope' act at 100 days: Employer status recognized in 9 of 10 cases while legal risks grow

AI핵심 요약

• ·Labor authorities have broadly recognized principal contractors as employers under the "Yellow Envelope" act, while disputes over wages, bargaining scope and possible strikes are fueling business concerns.
• ·More than 100 days after the so-called Yellow Envelope act took effect, labor authorities have recognized principal contractors as employers in more than nine out of 10 cases reviewed, with most rulings centered on workplace safety issues.
• ·Unions, however, are increasingly pushing to expand negotiations to wages, benefits and other core working conditions, raising concerns about future unfair labor practice disputes and potential strike action.
• ·Subcontracted workers' unions at 439 workplaces, representing a total of 164,000 union members across 1,161 unions, requested collective bargaining during the first 100 days after the revised Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act — commonly known as the Yellow Envelope act — took effect, according to the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) on Monday.
• ·Of those cases, the labor authorities issued employer-status rulings for 113 workplaces.