Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Young-hoon enters the ministry's headquarters in Sejong, Monday. Yonhap
Samsung Electronics' labor and management resumed talks over performance-based bonus payment systems at 4 p.m. Wednesday, with Labor Minister Kim Young-hoon attending the negotiation session.
This came about four hours after the two sides failed to reach an agreement in their talks mediated by the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), and the company’s labor unions said they would proceed with an 18-day strike on Thursday as planned.
The latest talks were not mediated by the NLRC, and the minister was attending to assist the talks, according to the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
At around 11 a.m., the company’s labor and management ended their negotiations without an agreement despite extended talks in the NLRC-arranged mediation session that began Monday.
