KOREA - Korea has taken its first major step towards establishing a funded corporate pensions system with the new Employee Retirement Security Act (ERSA), which will allow employers the option of setting up either a defined benefit or defined contribution plan.
The two options will be available as alternatives to the existing mandatory severance payment system. Currently, all employers (with five or more employees) must provide any employee leaving servic...
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