Sang Hoon Park

Practice Areas

General HR, Illegal Dispatch ∙ Non-Regular Workers, Collective Labor Relations, Sexual Harassment ∙ Workplace Harassment, Labor Inspection, HR Compliance, Workplace Safety ∙ Serious Accidents, M&A & Labor, Labor Dispute, Serious Accident CPR Center, Employment ∙ Labor

Career

Sang Hoon Park is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice areas include labor and administrative law.

Mr. Park held a series of important posts at various courts, including Presiding Judge of the Suwon District Court, Chief Judge of the Jeongeup Branch of the Jeonju District Court, Judge of the Seoul High Court and Judge of the Seoul Central District Court (dispatched to the Constitutional Court), and retired as Presiding Judge of the Seoul Administrative Court in 2007. Mr. Park is acclaimed for his involvement in a seminal case, chosen as the case of 2008 by Hangyeore 21, involving the recognition of an illegally dispatched worker’s employment status. He is also well-known for his work regarding the prohibition of identifying a fetus’s sex, for which he made arguments before the Constitutional Court and obtained the Court’s recognition of unconstitutionality. He continues to show outstanding performance in labor and administrative law.

Professional Memberships

Admitted to bar, Korea (1987)

Publications

Dismissal Cases about Public Official of 5th Republic

Overwork and Occupational Accidents

Unconstitutionality of Professor Reappointment System

Cancellation of Labor Contract by Mutual Consent – Submission of Letter of Resignation

Commentary on the Labor Standards Act of Korea (Co-author)

The Unification of Two Korea's Labor Laws

Commentary on the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act (Co-author)

Germany’s Introduction of Labor Court System

The Concurrence between Motive for Unfair Labor Practices and Reason of Dismissal

Procedures for Remedy of Unfair Dismissal

Labor Relations of Foreign Investment Industry in DPRK

The Unfair Discrimination and the Remedy for That, Seoul National University Graduate School of Law LL.M. Thesis (1990)

Limitation on Deduction of Shutdown Allowance in Damages Cases

Promotion and Unfair Labor Practice

Decision on Unconstitutionality of the Act on the Upper Limit of Housing Site Ownership and Release from Attachment

Arguments for Invalidation of Dismissal and the Principle of Lapse

Approval of Dismissal

Necessity of Introduction of Retrial Clause for the Judgment of Constitutional Court

Necessity of Introduction of General Clause of the Provisional Disposition in Constitutional Court Law

Understanding of the Supreme Court’s En Banc Decision Concerning Ordinary Wages, AMCHAM JOURNAL (1st quarter 2014)

Languages Spoken

Korean, English, German and Japanese

Experience

2007-present: Yoon & Yang LLC

2016-present: Auditor, Korean Society of Labor Law

2011-present: Lecturer, Sungkyunkwan University Law School

2008-present: Editor, Labor Law Society, Supreme Court

1988-present: Editor / Vice-chairman, Society of Labor Law, Seoul National University

2019-23: Auditor, The Academy of Korean Studies

2018-20: Chairman, Society of Labor Law Theory and Profession

2017-19: Commissioner, Administrative Appeals Commission of Seoul

2016-17: Legal Advisor, Ministry of Employment and Labor

2014-16: Commissioner, Legislative Evaluation Committee, Korean Bar Association

2013-16: Commissioner, Judicial Officers Unification Committee, Korean Bar Association

2013-16: Chairman, Examination Committee for Registration of Specialty, Korean Bar Association

2013-15: Commissioner, Bar Examination Supervisory Commission, Ministry of Justice

2013-15: Councilor, Sentencing Guidelines Council, Supreme Court

2013-15: Director of Legislation, Korean Bar Association

2011-13: Non-standing Commissioner, Central Administrative Appeals Commission

2010-12: Lecturer, Seoul National University Law School

2007-11: Public Interest Commissioner, National Labor Relations Commission

2006-07: Presiding Judge, Seoul Administrative Court

2004-06: Presiding Judge, Suwon District Court

2002-04: Chief Judge, Jeongeup Branch of Jeonju District Court

2000-02: Judge, Seoul High Court

1999-00: Judge, Seoul High Court (Dispatched to Constitutional Court)

1998-99: Judge, Seoul District Court (Dispatched to Constitutional Court)

1997-17: Lecturer for Labor Law, Judicial Research and Training Institute

1997-98: Judge, Pyeongtaek Branch of Suwon District Court

1996-97: Judge, Yeongwol Branch of Chuncheon District Court

1995-96: Judge, Jeongseon/Taebaek/Pyeongchang Branch of Chuncheon District Court

1994-95: Visiting Scholar, Universität Göttingen (Germany)

1994: Judge, Gunsan Branch of Jeonju District Court

1992-94: Judge, Bukbu Branch of Seoul District Court

1990-92: Judge, Incheon District Court

Work Highlights

Handled the case of direct employment of illegally dispatched workers at the Supreme Court public hearing

Handled the case of direct employment of illegally dispatched workers at the Constitutional Court public hearing

Handled the case of the Medical Service Act regarding fetal sex identification at the Constitutional Court public hearing

Handled the case on severance pay of the Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation

Handled the case on the leukemia of employees of semiconductor division of Samsung Electronics

Handled the case on ordinary wage of Hyundai Motor

Handled the case on non-regular workers of Hyundai Motor

Handled the mediation on dismissal of employees by Hydis

Handled the case on return of performance bond by Hyundai Merchant Marine

Handled the case on return of performance bond by Hanwha Chemical

Handled the case on bribery of public official of the Ministry of Unification (acquitted)

Education

Awards