Daeryun Law Firm lectures on labor law to future lawyers at Sogang University

Daeryun Law Firm announced on the 2nd that it successfully completed a lecture on ‘Understanding Labor Cases’ for future lawyers at Sogang University Law School on the 30th.

This lecture was prepared in accordance with the MOU signed between Daeryun and Sogang University Law School last year. Jeong Sang-hyeok, a lawyer at Daeryun Corporate Law Group (10th edition), introduced the outline, structure, and key issues of labor law under the theme of ‘Workers should know the law – A to Z of labor case practice.’

Attorney Jeong introduced on this day, “The essence of labor law is to protect workers who are relatively weak.” He explained, “Unlike civil law, which emphasizes free contract, labor law presupposes an imbalance of power between employers and workers. For this reason, a one-sided mandatory provision that renders contracts unfavorable to workers legally invalid acts as a general principle.”

In general, when you sign an employment contract, you may think that you have agreed to all the conditions, but the minimum standards guaranteed by law, such as minimum wage, severance pay, and annual leave, take precedence over the contents of the contract. Attorney Jeong emphasized, “Labor law is a ‘lifestyle law’ that can be used in any career. If you know the law, you can protect yourself in unfair situations.”

In the lecture, Attorney Jeong explained the theory and also presented specific response strategies focusing on key issues that frequently arise in the field. It introduced practical cases such as bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace, various disciplinary actions such as dismissal and demotion, non-payment of wages and severance pay, and industrial accidents, and provided detailed guidance on legal relief procedures appropriate for each situation. In particular, he added practical advice, saying, “Issues that violate labor laws, such as non-payment of wages, can only be handled by reporting them to the Labor Office, which has a labor inspector with the status of a special judicial police officer, not to the police.”

Daeryun Corporate Legal Group operates separate centers for corporate consulting, corporate rehabilitation and bankruptcy, M&A, asset management, personnel and labor, and management rights disputes, providing legal services tailored to the characteristics of the case. Attorney Jeong said, “In this lecture, I looked at the institutional changes in the labor environment that workers will face and explained their importance from various perspectives,” and added, “I hope that this will serve as a milestone that provides direction to future legal professionals.”

Reporter Jeong Cheol-wook

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