JIPYONG LLC

Korean Attorney

Hyun Jin JANG

TEL +82-2-6200-1826
FAX +82-2-6200-0811
E-MAIL janghj@jipyong.com

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Ms. Hyun Jin is currently providing litigation and advisory services as a member of Jipyong’s the Labor & Employment Group. She has extensive experience in a wide range of cases involving human resources, labor, and labor-related litigation and advisory services, and specializes in the legal and logical construction of cases where no precedent has been established.

Ms. Jang graduated from Korea University School of Law in 2017 and joined as a member of Jipyong’s the Labor & Employment Group. He received a Ph.D. in social law (labor law) from Korea University Graduate School of General Studies in 2024. Based on her expertise in labor law and extensive experience and understanding of various labor cases, she provides reasonable advice to help resolve disputes.

Ms. Jang has successfully conducted a wide range of litigation and advisory services related to labor relations act, including individual labor relation cases (such as wages and salaries, discipline, worker status, discrimination, sexual harassment and workplace harassment, etc.), collective labor relation cases (such as responding to trade unions, unfair labor practices, labor injunctions, collective bargaining, industrial disputes, worker status under the Trade Union Act, duties of fair representation, etc.), and illegal dispatch cases. In addition, with extensive experience in handling cases of the Labor Relations Commission, she provides one-stop service for handling contentious cases from trial to litigation procedures.

Furthermore, she provides comprehensive and effective advisory services in all fields of labor laws, including providing advice and consulting on preventive labor issues such as internal subcontracting, comprehensive wages, and worker status based on due diligence, providing agent investigation and support for workplace harassment and sexual harassment, providing advisory services on trade unions and collective bargaining, and responding to a petition case by the National Human Rights Commission.

She is actively engaged in publishing academic articles, professional media, and case reviews in the field of labor law, and has participated as a panelist in the regular seminars of the Labor Law Practice Study Group at the Supreme Court.

Education Close

2024Korea University, Graduate School of Law (Ph.D. in Law)
2017Korea University, Graduate School of Law (J.D.)
2014Seoul National University (B.A. in Sociology)

Experience Close

2018-PresentJIPYONG LLC

Notable Achievements Close

Provided Company M with HR and labor consulting; provided Company C with consulting on the review and improvement of matters related to employee status; and provided Company D with consulting on labor issues
Represented Company K and Company S in unfair dismissal lawsuits
Advised Company O on collective bargaining; and advised Company K on labor-management disputes
Represented Company M in unfair labor practice remedy cases before the Labor Relations Commission and provided related advisory services
Represented Company N and Public Institution K in litigation regarding confirmation of employee status and severance pay
Represented Public Institution H in litigation concerning permanent contract workers
Represented Company H in a worker dispatch case
Represented financial companies including Company E and Company K in cases related to performance-based bonus
Represented O Private School and others in cases concerning teacher reappointment
Represented clients in their response to the Ministry of Labor and the Prosecutor's Office in connection with criminal labor cases

Honors and Recognitions Close

2023Rising Star in Labor Practice, Legal Times

Speaking Engagements and Publications Close

[Academic Articles]

2024A Study on the Prohibition of Replacement Work during Industrial Action, Ph.D. Thesis, Korea University Graduate School of Law
2023A study on recruitment corruption, recission of labor contracts, and restrictions on retroactive effects, the Labor Law Forum, Vol. 38, Society of Labor Law Theory and Profession
2022A Study on Legal Principles of the Right to Expect Employment Succession upon Changing Service Company, the Labor Law Forum, Vol. 36, Society of Labor Law Theory and Profession

[Other Publications]

2021-2025Administrative Interpretation of Major Labor Cases (Co-Author), JoongAng Economy
2023Hankyung MOOC Business and Human Rights Manual (Co-Author), The Korea Economic Daily
2020Onju “Occupational Safety and Health Act” (Co-author), LAWnB
2020Major Labor Cases and Decisions & Labor Columns (Co-Author), JIPYONG LLC

[Opinion Columns and Editorials]