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[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Paul Lee] Former Hyundai Wia executives were convicted of violating the law and having workers from in-house suppliers work in de facto dispatch.
According to legal circles on the 17th, Judge Kim Soo-young of the Pyeongtaek branch of the Suwon District Court recently sentenced the former head of Hyundai Wia, identified only by his surname Kim, to six months in prison and fined 10 million won on charges of violating the law on the protection of dispatched workers. Hyundai Wia Corporation was fined 20 million won, and three representatives of partner companies were fined 3 million won and 5 million won at most. Judge Kim said, "Considering the duration of the dispatch and the number of workers, the degree of violation of the law is not light."
The case came after the Supreme Court recognized workers from subcontractors at Hyundai Wia's first and second plants in Pyeongtaek as dispatched workers in 2021. Following the first and second trials, the ruling was confirmed as workers won. This is the first precedent in which illegal dispatch of auto parts companies has been recognized.
The workers filed a civil suit in December 2014 calling for the direct employment of Hyundai Wia, saying they had been under the command and order of Hyundai Wia, the original office. The Dispatch Act stipulates that employees who have been dispatched for more than two years must be hired directly by the original office.
The ruling led Hyundai Wia's illegal dispatch dispute to a criminal case. The management at the time of the workers who filed civil suits was put on trial in May last year. Former CEO Kim was accused of sending 100 workers between January 2018 and June 2020, while Yoon was accused of having 35 dispatched workers between December 2013 and January 2018. According to the dispatch law, manufacturers are not allowed to hire dispatched workers.
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