Ministry of Labor’s Guidelines on Management Performance Bonuses as a Subject of Labor Disputes 2026

Explanation and Evaluation of the Ministry of Employment and Labor’s Guidelines on Management Performance Bonuses as a Subject of Labor Disputes (September 2026) The Ministry of Employment and Labor issued administrative guidelines stating that a company’s management performance bonuses are not, in principle, subject to labor disputes. Korean labor attorney Bongsoo Jung explains the content and implications of these guidelines. In practice, however, even if management performance bonuses are not originally regarded as a subject of labor disputes, once a company agrees to include them in a collective bargaining agreement, the relevant provision may become a subject of a labor dispute.