Labor Dispute Resolution
In labor dispute situations including strikes, lockouts, and collective bargaining,
we provide strategic legal advisory to protect management stability and ensure lawful response.
Overview
Labor disputes — including strikes, work slowdowns, and lockouts — represent the materialization of collective conflict between labor and management, with immediate and far-reaching impact on corporate operations. Legal response strategies and bargaining strategies must be developed simultaneously, including analysis of the legitimacy of industrial action, applications for emergency adjustment, damages claims, and criminal complaints for obstruction of business.
PYEONG AN's labor dispute team is anchored by attorneys well-versed in Labor Relations Commission and Ministry of Employment and Labor practices. We manage the entire lifecycle of labor disputes, from preventive labor-management relations advisory before disputes arise, to urgent legal response during disputes, to follow-up measures after disputes conclude.
Drawing on experience in industries with high strike risk — including manufacturing, transportation, and the public sector — we conduct precise analysis of the legality of industrial action and deploy multi-pronged response strategies including court injunctions, criminal complaints, and damages claims.
Beyond legal response, we also provide bargaining advisory aimed at reaching reasonable agreements between labor and management, promoting long-term labor-management stability.
Key Practice Areas
- Strike and work slowdown legality analysis and response
- Lockout requirements review and implementation advisory
- Injunction to prohibit industrial action
- Damages claims for unlawful industrial action
- Criminal complaint representation for obstruction of business
- Emergency adjustment and compulsory arbitration application response
- Collective bargaining strategy advisory in labor disputes
- Labor Relations Commission mediation and arbitration representation