Tae Hwan Oh

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

Employment & Labor Litigation

Employment ∙ Labor

Career

Tae Hwan Oh is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC and his main practice areas are employment and labor, disputes on industrial accidents, legal subcontracting, and safety and health, etc.

While working as a judge at various courts and the Seoul Administrative Court, Mr. Oh built vast hands-on experience in employment and labor matters. He currently oversees handling of major labor-related disputes as the head of the Employment and Labor Practice Group of Yoon & Yang LLC. In particular, over the recent few years, Tae Hwan Oh has been involved with a large number of cases involving ordinary wages, illegal dispatch, non-regular workers, investigations by employment and labor administrations and labor union issues.

Professional Memberships

Admitted to bar, Korea (1999)

Publications

Korea Chapter, Employment, ​Chambers Global Practice Guides, Chambers and Partners (Co-author, 2022-2024)

Korea Chapter, Occupational Health & Safety, Lexology Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2023)

Liability for Products, Research Society of Civil Litigation Precedents, Incheon District Court

Limited Duration Labor Contract, Society for the Research of Practical Administrative Business, Seoul Administrative Court

Meaning and Interpretation of Unlawful Act under the Tax Law, Tax Practice Study 1

Understanding of the Supreme Court’s En Banc Decision Concerning Ordinary Wages, Journal Vol. 81 No.1, AMCHAM Korea (Co-author, 2014)

Work Highlights

Represented Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors in litigations regarding ordinary wages, illegal dispatch and fixed-term contract workers

Advised IBM on labor supervision

Represented Hyundai Wia in litigation regarding ordinary wages and illegal dispatch

Represented Hyundai Mobis in litigation regarding the interpretation of collective agreement

Represented Hyundai Special Steel in disputes regarding disciplinary dismissal

Advised MG Non-Life Insurance and KBWS on investigations by the Ministry of Employment and Labor

Conducted audit services for Public Home Shopping

Advised Handsome and Kolon Industries on the realignment of subcontracting relationships and handled relevant litigation

Represented Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) in asset managers’ collective actions on imposition of acquisition tax

Represented Korea Railroad Corporation in litigation regarding the disposition to impose value-added tax

Represented Hyundai Autoever in litigation regarding dispute over illegal dispatch

Represented Korea Technology Finance Corporation (KIBO) in litigation regarding disputes over incentives and ordinary wages

Represented Nonghyup Asset Management Co. in litigation regarding the nature of laborers

Represented Money Today, Newsis and News1 in litigation regarding internal regulatory revisions and employment & labor issues

Represented Seoul Facilities Corporation in the Ministry of Employment & Labor’s investigation and litigation regarding discriminative wage and ordinary wage

Represented Hyundai Engineering in litigation on industrial accident

Advised Fila Korea on transfer of executives

Languages Spoken

Korean and English

Experience

2007-present Yoon & Yang LLC

2012-present Member, Tax System Committee, Korean Bar Association

2012-18 Member, District Appeal Commission, Seoul Metropolitan Government

2011-12 Member, Taxpayers’ Rights Committee, Gangnam District Tax Office

2010-17 Public Interest member in charge of Correcting Discrimination, Seoul Regional Labor Relations Commission

2005-07 Judge, Seoul Administration Court

2002-05 Judge, Incheon District Court

1999-02 Judge, Busan District Court

Education

Awards