A ruling that IPARK HDC qualifies as an employer under the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act has once again been upheld. By contrast, Hankook Tire & Technology was not recognized as an employer, while in the SPC GFS case the initial decision was reversed because the requirements for filing, including the union's standing as a party, were not met.
The National Labor Relations Commission announced on the 22nd that it had issued these rulings on the requests for reconsideration filed respectively by IPARK HDC, Hankook Tire & Technology, and SPC GFS regarding "correction of the public notice of bargaining requests."
Regarding IPARK HDC's request for reconsideration, the commission upheld the initial decision. Earlier, the regional labor relations commission had issued a corrective decision after the company failed to post public notice of the union's bargaining request.
The commission also did not alter the initial decision to dismiss Hankook Tire & Technology's request for reconsideration. As a result, the company was not recognized as an employer under the trade union law in the reconsideration either.
By contrast, the initial decision on SPC GFS was reversed. This was because, after members belonging to the applicant union withdrew and joined a different union, no members of the applicant union remained at the workplace. The commission accordingly determined that it was difficult to recognize the union's standing as a party.
