xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2Supreme Court Decision 2011Da44276 Decided June 27, 2013 about Severance Pay, etc.

Main Issues and Holdings

[1] Criterion to recognize worker status under xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 Labor Standards Act

[2] Where post office’s insurance managers Gap resigned from xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 position and claimed for a severance pay, a case affirming xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 judgment below that they are not workers under xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 Labor Standards Act

Summary of Decision

[1] A worker status under xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 Labor Standards Act shall be determined based on whether s/he offers work to an employer at a business or workplace for xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 purpose of earning wages in a subordinate relation regardless of whether xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 contract is an employment contract or a contract for work. xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 subordinate relation here is determined by considering xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 totality of economic and social factors such as: whether xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 employer determines xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 contents of xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 work; whether xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 worker is subject to employment rules or work (personnel) rules; whether xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 employer gives a considerable direction and supervision in xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 work performance process; whether xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 employer designates work hours and place: whether xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 work provider does business as an independent contractor by owning equipment, raw materials or tool, or by hiring a third party to perform xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 work, etc.; whether risk is taken, such as making a profit or incurring losses through work; whether xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 pay is intended for work itself; whether there is a fixed base pay or regular pay; pay-related matters like withholding of earned income tax; continuance of xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 work relation; whether and how much xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 worker belongs to xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 employer; and xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 recognition of worker status under xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 Act and subordinate statutes governing xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 social security system. However, since xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 employer is highly likely to take advantage of ones superior position and determines, as one pleases, xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 base pay or regular pay, xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 earned income tax withholding, and/or xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 worker status in xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 social security system, etc., xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 worker status should not be denied merely because xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 above factors are not met.

[2] Where post office’s insurance managers Gap resigned and claimed for severance pay, xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 case affirmed xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 judgment below that they are not workers under xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 Labor Standards Act on xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 ground that, although insurance managers formed an entrustment contract with xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 post office and, as brokers for post office’s insurance contract formation, maintained contract with customer management, conducted insurance premium collection, performed other work, and received reward and allowance pursuant to post office insurance manager manual, etc. it is hard to recognize them as working for xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 purpose of earning wages based on a subordinate relation with post office.

Reference Provisions [1] Article 2(1)1 of xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 Labor Standards Act / [2] Article 2(1)1 of xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 Labor Standards Act, Article 61 of xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 Enforcement Rule of xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 Postal Savings and Insurance Act

Article 2 of xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 Labor Standards Act (Definitions) (1) xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 definitions of terms used in this Act shall be as follows: 1. xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 term “worker” means a person, regardless of being engaged in whatever occupation, who offers work to a business or workplace for xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 purpose of earning wages.

Reference Cases [1] Supreme Court Decision 2004Da29736 decided Dec. 7, 2006 (Gong2007Sang, 104), Supreme Court Decision 2009Da99396 decided Apr. 15, 2010 (Gong2010Sang, 890), Supreme Court Decision 2010Da50601 decided Jan. 12, 2012 (Gong2012Sang, 245)

Plaintiff-Appellant Same as listed in xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 attachment (Law Firm KCL, Attorneys Choi Jong-gil, et al., Counsel for plaintiff-appellant)

Defendant-Appellee xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 Republic of Korea (Attorneys Joo Han-il, et al., Counsel for plaintiff-appellee)

Judgment of xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 court below Busan High Court Decision 2010Na3094 decided May 4, 2011

Disposition All of xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 appeals are dismissed. xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 costs of appeal are assessed against Plaintiffs.

Reasoning xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 grounds of appeal (if xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 supplemental appellate brief was not timely filed, to xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 extent of supplementation) are examined as follows.

1. A worker status under xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 Labor Standards Act shall be determined based on whether s/he offers work to an employer at a business or workplace for xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 purpose of earning wages in a subordinate relation regardless of whether xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 contract is an employment contract or a contract for work. xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 subordinate relation here is determined by considering xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 totality of economic and social factors such as: whether xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 employer determines xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 contents of xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 work; whether xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 worker is subject to employment rules or work (personnel) rules; whether xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 employer gives a considerable direction and supervision in xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 work performance process; whether xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 employer designates work hours and place: whether xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 work provider does business as an independent contractor by owning equipment, raw materials or tool, or by hiring a third party to perform xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 work, etc.; whether risk is taken, such as making a profit or incurring losses through work; whether xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 pay is intended for work itself; whether there is fixed base pay or regular pay; pay-related matters like withholding of earned income tax; continuance of work relation; whether and how much xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 worker belongs to xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 employer; and xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 recognition of worker status under xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 Act and subordinate statutes governing xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 social security system. However, since xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 employer is highly likely to take advantage of one’s superior position and determines, as one pleases, xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 base pay or regular pay, xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 earned income tax withholding, and/or xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 worker status in xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 social security system, etc., xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 worker status should not be denied merely because xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 above factors are not met (see Supreme Court Decision 2004Da29736, Dec. 7 of 2006, etc.).

2. xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 court below acknowledged as follows. Under xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 entrustment contract with each post office (“post office”) of Defendant’s postal service headquarters, Plaintiffs (insurance managers) as brokers for post office’s insurance contract formation maintained contract with customer management, conducted insurance premium collection, and performed other work. They received rewards and allowance from Defendant pursuant to post office insurance manager manual, etc. xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 court below held that it was hard to recognize xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 work is offered for xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 purpose of earning wages based on a subordinate relation with post office, and rejected xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 claim for severance pay of this case which had been premised on Plaintiffs’ alleged worker status under xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 Labor Standards Act.

In light of xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 aforementioned legal principle and xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 records, we find xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 judgment below just, and there is no error in xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 misapprehension of legal principle as to xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 recognition of worker under xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 Labor Standards Act, against xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 law of logic and experience in excess of xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 limit of free evaluation of evidence, as otherwise asserted in xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 ground of appeal. Plaintiffs’ remaining grounds of appeal related to xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 court below’s fact-finding merely assign errors in evidence admission and fact-finding which exclusively belongs to xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 court below. Thus, they do not constitute legitimate grounds of appeal.

3. Therefore, all of xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 appeals are dismissed. xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 costs of appeal are assessed against xem bóng đá trực tiếp vtv2 losing party. It is decided as per Disposition by all participating Justices’ assent.

[Attachment] list of plaintiffs: omitted

Justices

Yang Chang-soo (Presiding Justice)

Park Byoung-dae

Ko Young-han (Justice in charge)

Kim Chang-suk