Union Officials system was completed as an enforcement the Timeoff system on July 1st, 2010. Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act regards that giving a payment to full-time union officials undermines independence of trade unions from employe...
Union Officials system was completed as an enforcement the Timeoff system on July 1st, 2010. Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act regards that giving a payment to full-time union officials undermines independence of trade unions from employers. Accordingly remuneration from their employers for the duration of their tenure was prohibited. But in Korea, most trade unions have been organized in an enterprise level, and therefore trade unions official has to make use of work-hour for harmony of labor relations and need possibility of trade union activities without pay cuts. In considering these situations, Time-off system was introduced. This paper is addressing variable legal issues about Time-off system. According to this system, management and unions can set maximum time-off Hours autonomously, despite the prohibition of wage payment and this system ensured the right to organize. But there are some problems to solve for steady settlement of Time-off system. above all things, when a management and an union stipulate maximum Time-off Hours over the maximum time-off hour determined by law, we should discuss about a legal force of stipulation and a conclusion of unfair labor practice. In addition, a wage payment for dispatched trade union officials to the upper union and a countermeasure for unpaid trade union officials are also important issues.