노동조합 전임자의 급여지급 문제에 관한 검토

A Study on Pay for the Full-time Union OfficialHyangMi SohnThe principle is that wages for the full-time union official is to be paid by the union itself in order to secure its autonomy. Nonetheless, there is no persuasion in legally barring the wage payment and regarding it as the unfair labor practice, considering the realities of labor-management relationship and legal theory. The reason is as follows. (1) Firstly, the union representative of Korea under the enterprise- based union system (the labor representative is normally the full-time officials) represents not only the union members but also the entire employees substantially and contribute to labor-management relationship, (2) Secondly, there are many cases of exempting the working hour with payment under the collective agreement or laws for the workers' representatives in functioning as a member of management participaton, as shown in foreign countries. (3) And thirdly, ILO recommends that the wage payment issue should be resolved through the negotiation, emphasizing the autonomy of the union.Therefore, I think there is a need to set the principle to determine the appropriate line for each members of union size