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The defendant shall be innocent.
Reasons
1. The summary of the facts charged is an employer who runs the wholesale and retail business of household goods in the name of “(main) E (hereinafter “instant workplace”)” in the Seocho-gu Seoul Metropolitan Government D D Building. From January 12, 2015 to September 30, 2016, the Defendant did not pay the total of KRW 8,281,044 of workers F’ wages and retirement allowances, including KRW 102,819,912, total of workers’ wages and retirement allowances, and KRW 102,819,912, without agreement on the extension of the payment date between the parties, within 14 days from the date of retirement where the cause for payment occurred.
2. Determination
1. The summary of the defendant's and his defense counsel's assertion is only the representative director under the name of the business place of this case, and there was no actual operation, and thus, the defendant does not bear the obligation to pay wages and retirement allowances under the Labor Standards Act or the Act on Guarantee of
The actual operator of the instant workplace is G and H.
2. Relevant legal principles
(a) Article 2 (Definition) (1) of the Labor Standards Act of the related Acts and subordinate statutes and the definitions of terms used in this Act shall be as follows:
2. The term "employer" means a business owner, a person in charge of business management, or a person who acts on behalf of a business owner with respect to matters relating to workers;
B. The term "user" under the Labor Standards Act means a business owner, a person in charge of business management, or any other person who acts on behalf of a business owner with respect to matters relating to workers, and the term "person in charge of business management" refers to a person who acts on behalf of a business owner with a comprehensive delegation of all or part of business management by the business owner, and externally represents or acts on behalf of the business owner. The former Labor Standards Act does not limit the employer as a non-compliance with each of the provisions of the same Act, but expands the former Labor Standards Act to a person in charge of business management.