Lotte Engineering & Construction and Hyundai Engineering & Construction have again been found to qualify as employers under the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act. The Korea Road Traffic Authority was recognized as an employer only with respect to industrial safety issues.
The National Labor Relations Commission said on the 21st that it upheld the initial decisions on the reconsideration requests filed separately by Lotte E&C and Hyundai E&C regarding the "correction of the public notice of bargaining demands." Earlier, regional labor relations commissions had issued corrective decisions after the two companies failed to post notice of the unions' bargaining demands.
In the reconsideration held that day, the National Labor Relations Commission reached the same conclusion, recognizing the two companies as employers under the Trade Union Act. As a result, the two companies must proceed with procedures in response to the unions' bargaining demands.
Regarding the reconsideration request filed by the Korea Road Traffic Authority, the commission dismissed the initial decision and recognized the prime contractor's status as an employer only with respect to industrial safety issues. In the initial decision, its employer status had not been recognized.
