YOON&YANG

Seong Hong Partner

TEL 82 2 6003 7792
FAX 82 2 6003 7027
E-MAIL shong@hwawoo.com

Seong Hong is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice area is employment & labor law.
Mr. Hong provides various forms of legal advice as well as representations in litigations in respect of employment & labor and HR areas, including corporate management system and human resources management, corporate management of non-regular workers (in-house subcontracting, illegal dispatch, fixed term law), enactment and amendment of employment regulations and collective agreements, workplace harassment and sexual harassment compliance, labor inspection, and responses to the Ministry of Employment and Labor. He has also been demonstrating unparalleled sophistication in compliance matters in relation to responding to industrial accidents and the Act on Punishment for Serious Accidents. He is currently serving as a regular member of the Labor Law Forum at the Supreme Court of Korea, as well as the Society of Labor Law Theory and Profession.

Experience

2009-present Yoon & Yang LLC
2011-present Member, Labor Law Forum, Supreme Court
2018-present Member (Director), Society of Labor Law Theory and Profession
2008-09 Public Service Advocate, National Advocacy Department, Ministry of Justice
2006-08 Public Service Advocate, Busan High Prosecutors’ Office

Education

2014 University of Southern California Gould School of Law, LL.M.
2008 Korea University Graduate School of Law (coursework completed)
2006 Judicial Research and Training Institute
2004 Korea University College of Law, LL.B.

Representative Matters

Advised Company S (semi-conductor) and Company K (automobile manufacturing) on the process of performance competency management of low-performing individuals
Advised and inspected Company C (game), Company K (game), and Company S (securities) in respect of sexual harassment and workplace harassment
Advised Company H (IT) and Company Y (automobile engine manufacturing) on collective labor relations
Advised Company I (IT) and Company E (retail) on the response to labor inspection
Advised Company S (manufacturing), Company S (construction), Company H (logistics), and several other corporations on the response to the Act on Punishment for Serious Accidents and provided legal consulting thereof
Represented and advised Company L (IT), and Company G (manufacturing) on the case of a violation of Occupational Safety and Health Act
Advised Company V (heavy machinery manufacturing) and Company S (semi-conductor) on the risk of in-house subcontracting and illegal dispatch
Represented Construction H, Company H (manufacturing), and several other corporations in illegal dispatch litigation cases
Advised Company A (airline) and Company L (retail) on M&A and labor relations
Advised Company H (automobile sales) on layoff
Advised Company K (bank) on a management plan for non-regular workers
Represented Company M (insurance) and Company S (manufacturing) in Ministry of Employment and Labor cases
Represented Company P (confectionary), Company S (manufacturing), and several other corporations in ordinary wage litigation cases

Awards

Leading Individual, Employment, Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific (2024)
Next Generation Partners, Labour and Employment, Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2020-2024)
Future Star, Labor and employment, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2022-2024)
Best Lawyer, Serious Accidents, Korea Economic Business (2023)

Publications

Two Years into the Enforcement of Serious Accidents Punishment Act: Recent Trends and Implications, Journal Vol. 91 No. 1, AMCHAM Korea (Co-author, 2024)
The Implication of the Korean Supreme Court’s En Banc Decision on Abandoning the legal Principles of "Reasonable under the Social Norms", Journal Vol. 90 No. 4, AMCHAM Korea (Co-author, 2023)
Controversies and Prospects on Liabilities for Damages Arising from Unlawful Industrial Actions, Journal Vol. 90 No. 3, AMCHAM Korea (Co-author, 2023)
Korea Chapter, Occupational Health & Safety, Lexology Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2022-2023)
South Korea: Law & Practice, Employment, Chambers Global Practice Guides, Chambers and Partners (Co-author, 2019-2021)
Transfer of Employment Relationship upon a Company’s Split, Labor Law (Co-author, Nov. 2023)
Reshaping the Criteria for Determining an Officer’s Identity as a Worker, Labor Law (Jul. 2023)
Top-Three Labor Rights and Management Right of a Company – Focusing on Principal Company’s Duty of Collective Negotiation, Labor Law (Feb. 2023)
Review of Issues on Identity as a Worker and Changes to Determination Criteria, Labor Law (May 2022)
The Positives and the Negatives of the Enactment of the Workplace Harassment Prevention Act, Labor Law (2019)
The Bargaining Channel Unification Procedure and the Bargaining Unit Separation System, Labor Law (2019)
The Necessity for the “52-hour” Weekly Working Hours and Policy Improvements, Korea Herald (2018)
Practical Issues of Presumed Work Hours System on the Labor outside Workplace, Labor Law (2018)
Minimum Wages and the Changes of Salary System, Labor Law (2018)
Legal Suggestions on How to Solve the Delayed Payment of Wages Issues in Service Industries, Labor Law (2018)