In May 2023, Dr Maayan Menashe was invited by the Republic of Korea’s Economic, Social and Labor Council (ESLC) to share his experience and expertise in domestic and transnational labour law. The invitation was part of the Government of Korea’s current efforts to achieve major labour law reform, and, as part of this, the ESLC’s running of an expert committee that looks into the matter of working people in non-standard employment and the personal scope of labour law statutes.
During his visit to Korea, Maayan met Korea's Minister of Employment and Labor Lee Jung Sik as well as members of Korea’s ESLC and Ministry of Employment and Labor, and presented at the ESLC’s 2023 International Conference on “Social Dialogue for the Better Labour Market” held in Seoul on May 12, 2023.
These activities attracted media interest within Korea, including by the Korean daily newspaper Hankook Ilbo, for which Maayan was interviewed on contemporary developments regarding new forms of employment and the implications for Korea. The article piece is available at: https://m.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/A2023060515060004717
Maayan is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow and Affiliated Lecturer at the Cambridge Faculty of Law and College Research Associate at Sidney Sussex College. Maayan’s Research is funded by the British Academy (grant reference: PF21\210109).