41st Future Labor Reform Forum: Discussing Issues and Solutions in Korean Labor-Management Relations

The 41st Future Labor Reform Forum was held under the theme, “Discussing the Issues in Korea’s Labor-Management Relations and Solutions.” This forum examined the reality that Korea’s labor-management relations have come to rely more on court rulings and legislative intervention than on negotiation and voluntary adjustment, and served as a venue to discuss the essence of the three basic labor rights and ways to restore labor-management autonomy. In particular, discussions focused on issues such as ordinary wage litigation, lawsuits over worker status in prime contractor-subcontractor relationships, and controversy surrounding the Yellow Envelope Act (Revised Labor Commission Act), highlighting concerns that as labor-management conflicts shift into the courtroom and political arena, the predictability of business management and trust between labor and management may be undermined.

Thank you to everyone who participated.

Date and Time: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Venue: Pureun Hall

Host: Future Labor Reform Forum

Moderator: Seunggil Lee, Chairman of the Korea ILO Association

Presenter: Wonyong Park, Former Vice President of Korea 3M

Discussants: Changbae Kim, Secretary-General of the Open Society Forum

Juhwan Lee, Deputy Director of the Korea Labor and Society Institute

Suyeon Lee, Research Professor at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University

Seonggi Cho, Representative Certified Public Labor Attorney at Seung Labor Law Firm

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Original title: <제41회 미래노동개혁포럼:한국의 노사관계 쟁점과 해결방안을 말하다>

Author: Future Labor Reform Forum

Date: 2026-07-01

Source: https://www.cfe.org/bbs/bbsDetail.php?cid=futurelabor&pn=1&idx=29221