Top court rules POSCO should directly hire group of subcontract workers

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Top court rules POSCO should directly hire group of subcontract workers

SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a ruling that ordered steelmaker POSCO to directly hire over 200 subcontract workers who worked for the company for more than two years.

In 2017, a total of 223 subcontractors at POSCO's steel mills in the southeastern city of Pohang and the southern city of Gwangyang filed suits, demanding they be directly hired by the company, citing their work period.

The top court upheld the appeals court ruling that recognized cases made by 215 of the plaintiffs but rejected the suits by seven steel coil packaging workers and another worker who passed the retirement age.

By law, a company should directly hire dispatched workers who have worked for more than two years for the company.

The court determined the seven workers were not substantively incorporated into the company's operations.

POSCO has faced a series of lawsuits from subcontract workers who have demanded they be directly hired. In 2022, the top court upheld a ruling that recognized 55 subcontract workers should be directly hired by the company.

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