Wookrae Lee
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About
Provided by Wookrae Lee
Practice Areas
Wookrae Lee is the head of the Labor and Employment Practice Group at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC and advises multinational clients doing business in Korea on legal issues affecting the workplace, including management rights disputes, industrial accidents, employee discipline and dismissals, employment contracts, workforce reductions, unions and collective bargaining negotiations, labor-related issues in M&A, and other human resources issues.
Career
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (2014-present, currently serving as the head of the Labor and Employment practice group); Kim & Chang (2005-2014); Director General for Investigative Research, Supreme Court of Korea (2004-2005); Judge at several courts of Republic of Korea (1996-2004); Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army (1993-1996)
Professional Memberships
Korean and Seoul Bar Association
Publications
Chambers Global Practice Guides: Outsourcing – Korea Chapter (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2018-2020)
Personal
Seoul National University College of Law (LL.B., 1990)
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Lee Wookrae is extremely well respected in the Korean legal market. He is active on a range of employment matters including occupational accident and wrongful dismissal cases, as well as those involving trade unions.
Articles, highlights and press releases
4 items provided by Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SERIOUS ACCIDENTS PUNISHMENT ACT (“SAPA”)
REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTOR SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON ENFORCEMENT OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTS PUNISHMENT ACT (SAPA)
FIRST TRIAL COURT DECISION AND INDICTMENT OF FIRST SAPA VIOLATION CASE
National Assembly Passes Bill to Revise Minimum Wage Act
On Monday, May 28, 2018, at the last plenary session of the first half of this year, an amendment to the minimum wage bill was passed by the National Assembly. The bill calls for bonuses and welfare benefits of a certain size to be regarded as wages in determining violations of minimum wage which wo
Supreme Court Renders Decision Calling for “Gender Sensitivity” in Sexual Harassment Cases
Amid the widespread attention that sexual harassment/violence in the workplace has received due to international movements such as the “Me Too” movement, the Supreme Court of Korea has recently rendered a significant decision on the need to reform the judicial system’s approach to sexual harassment
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SERIOUS ACCIDENTS PUNISHMENT ACT (“SAPA”)
REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTOR SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON ENFORCEMENT OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTS PUNISHMENT ACT (SAPA)
FIRST TRIAL COURT DECISION AND INDICTMENT OF FIRST SAPA VIOLATION CASE
National Assembly Passes Bill to Revise Minimum Wage Act
On Monday, May 28, 2018, at the last plenary session of the first half of this year, an amendment to the minimum wage bill was passed by the National Assembly. The bill calls for bonuses and welfare benefits of a certain size to be regarded as wages in determining violations of minimum wage which wo
Supreme Court Renders Decision Calling for “Gender Sensitivity” in Sexual Harassment Cases
Amid the widespread attention that sexual harassment/violence in the workplace has received due to international movements such as the “Me Too” movement, the Supreme Court of Korea has recently rendered a significant decision on the need to reform the judicial system’s approach to sexual harassment
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