Section 3: Collective Industrial Relations

Chapter 1: Unfair Labor Practices

• 1. Overview
  •  1.1 Legal Nature of Prohibitions against Unfair Labor Practices (1)
  •  1.2 Qualification of Parties for Remedial Action Requests
  •   (1) Existence of Independent Remedial Rights of Labor Unions (1)
  •   (2) Denial of Capacity of Labor Union with Only One Remaining Member After Establishment (1)
  •   (3) Recognition of Succession of Litigation Procedure of Industry-Specific Labor Union When Incorporating Subsidiary Organizations into Industrial Labor Unions due to Organizational Form Changes (1)
  •  1.3 Validity of Resolution to Change the Organizational Form of Industrial Union Branches into Enterprise-specific Unions (2)
  •  1.4 Scope of Employers as Subjects of Unfair Labor Practices (3)
  •  1.5 Meaning of Continuous Acts under Article 82(2) of the Labor Union Act (1)
• 2. Treatment of Detrimental Actions
  •  2.1 Meaning of Legitimate Acts for the Affairs of Labor Unions (1)
  •  2.2 Meaning of Acts Resulting in Detriment (1)
  •  2.3 Criteria for Determining Unfair Labor Practices in Dismissals (Competition of Causes) (3)
  •  2.4 Recognition of Detrimental Treatment in Disciplinary Measures (1)
  •  2.5 Recognition of Detrimental Treatment in Economic or Job-related Detriments (1)
  •  2.6 Rejection of Recognition of Detrimental Treatment in Exclusion from Promotion (1)
  •  2.7 Rejection of Recognition of Detrimental Treatment in Personnel Misconduct (1)
  •  2.8 Recognition of Unfair Labor Practices in Refusal to Conclude Main Contracts Applying Unreasonable Evaluation Criteria (1)
• 3. Unfair Employment Contracts
  •  3.1 Violation of Union Shop Agreement and Unfair Labor Practices (1)
  •  3.2 Acquisition of Union Membership Qualification in Case of Nullity of Union Shop Agreement (1)
  •  3.3 Legitimacy of Union Shop Agreement and Restriction on Union Membership (1)
• 4. Refusal and Coercion in Collective Bargaining
  •  4.1 Refusal of Collective Bargaining and Illegal Acts (1)
  •  4.2 Justifiable Reasons for Refusal of Collective Bargaining due to Changes in Circumstances (1)
• 5. Domination, Interference, and Financial Aid
  •  5.1 Employer's Freedom of Press and Domination/Interference (2)
  •  5.2 Refusal of Union Dues Deduction and Domination/Interference (1)
  •  5.3 Aggressive Workplace Closure and Domination/Interference (1)
  •  5.4 Acts of Financial Aid
  •   (1) Provision of Work Vehicles, Snack Locations, etc. (1)
  •   (2) Excessive Payment to Overtime Exempt Workers (1)
  •   (3) Substantial Financial Assistance (1)
  •   (4) Provision of Vehicles (1)
  •  5.5 Constitutional Incompatibility Decision on Financial Aid Actions (1)
• 6. Miscellaneous
  •  6.1 Dismissals and Unfair Labor Practices in Corporate Liquidation Processes (1)
  •  6.2 Employment Succession and Status of Union Members in Mergers (1)

Chapter 2: Plural Labor Union

• 1. Overview
  •  1.1 Recognition of Home Study Teacher's Employee Status under the Labor Union Act (1)
  •  1.2 Recognition of Broadcaster's Employee Status under the Labor Union Act (1)
  •  1.3 Validity of Resolution Changing the Organizational Form from Industry Union Branches to Company-specific Unions (1)
  •  1.4 Denial of Acquisition of Negotiation Representative Labor Union Status even if the Sole Union undergoes the Single Negotiation Channel Unification Procedure (1)
• 2. Public Notification of Negotiation Demand
  •  2.1 Remedy for Defects in Public Notification of Negotiation Demand (1)
  •  2.2 Re-notification due to Defects in Public Notification of Negotiation Demand (1)
• 3. Public Notification of Negotiation Representative Labor Union Determination
  •  3.1 Meaning of the Date on which the Negotiation Union is Determined as the Starting Date of the Negotiation Representative's Autonomous Determination Period (1)
  •  3.2 Starting Date of the Negotiation Representative's Autonomous Determination Period when the Labor Committee Makes a Decision (1)
• 4. Determination of Negotiation Representative Labor Union by Majority Labor Union
  •  4.1 Interpretation of the Date of Public Notification of Negotiation Union Determination as the Standard for Majority Union Determination (1)
  •  4.2 Whether Including or not Dismissed Employees in the Count of Union Members (1)
• 5. Decision on Separate Negotiation Units
  •  5.1 Recognition of Separation of Negotiation Units for Regular Employees (1)
  •  5.2 Denial of Recognition of Separation of Negotiation Units for Environmental Beautification Workers (1)
• 6. Duty of Fair Representation
  •  6.1 Recognition of Unfair Conduct Liability for Violation of Duty of Fair Representation such as Non-provision of Union Office (1)
  •  6.2 Recognition of Violation of Duty of Fair Representation due to Non-provision of Union Office (1)
  •  6.3 Criteria for Determining Violation of the Duty of Fair Representation (1)

Chapter 3: Industrial Action

• 2. Claim for damages arising from an unlawful (illegal) industrial action
  •  2.1 Liability in Damage Claims Arising from Illegal Industrial Action (1)

1. Legitimacy of Industrial Action

• 1.1 Legitimacy of Industrial Action Refusing Work
  •   (1) Whether the Refusal of Overtime and Holiday Work Constitutes Industrial Action (1)

2. Illegal Industrial Action

• 2-1 Claim for damages arising from an unlawful (illegal) industrial action
  •   (1) Individual Union Members’ Liability in Damage Claims Arising from Illegal Industrial Action (1)

2. Subjects (Scope) of Collective Bargaining

• 2.1 Scope of Collective Bargaining under the Teachers’ Union Act
  •   (1) Scope of Collective Bargaining under the Teachers’ Union Act (1)