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Principal Investigator(s)

KIM, Hoon / Korea Labor Institute

Producer(s)

Korea Labor Institute

Abstract

The works council established according to the works council law of December 31st 1980 is seen as exacting only the employers’ position by the labor unions and fit for abolishment. On the other hand it is being supported by the corporate side for being a useful systematic tool for labor-management communication. Considering the evident confronting views of labor and management, this survey aims to provide the preliminary data for a desirable future establishment of the works council by investigating the overall management and scope of the works council, worker participation, and the evaluation of its purposes and outcomes by both union and management. The 「Survey on works Council」 was conducted among workers, employers, and worker representatives, and this survey is on worker representatives. The questionnaire is composed of contents including characteristics of companies, state of works council management, evaluation of works council management, opinion on labor-management communication, and redress of grievances. The questionnaire on characteristics of companies includes existence of a labor union and the date of establishment, and the section on the establishment of works council and state of management includes composition of works council, characteristics of participants from both sides, methods of electing representatives, articles on worker representatives, applicable range, divergence of opinions between labor and management, collective bargaining, and execution methods of agreements. The section on the evaluation of works council management includes the usefulness of a works council, execution of labor-management agreements, connection to productivity, and the role of government. The opinion on labor-management communication section includes state of labor-management relations, introduction of personnel management, and worker attitude, and the redress of grievances section includes grievances and whether a system of redressing grievances is being run.

Keywords

labor-management council labor relations labor unions grievance procedures employees participation collective bargaining

Subjects

Employment/ Labor

Citation

KIM, Hoon. Survey on Works Council, 1991 : Worker Representatives [Dataset]. Korea Labor Institute [Producers]. Korea Social Science Data Archive (KOSSDA) [Distributors], 2008-02-15, https://doi.org/10.22687/KOSSDA-A1-1991-0015-V1.0.

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