🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

부당해고

Pronunciation / Transliteration: budanghaego

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unfair dismissal/ʌnˈfɛər dɪsˈmɪs.əl/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"회사의 부당해고에 대해 노동위원회에 구제 신청을 했다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The termination of an employee's employment by an employer without a valid, legal, or fair reason.

    "She filed a lawsuit against her former employer claiming unfair dismissal after refusing to work unsafe hours."
  2. 2

    An employment tribunal claim or statutory right protecting workers from being fired arbitrarily.

    "Labor laws provide strict guidelines to protect workers from unfair dismissal."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the prefix 'un-' (Old English un-, meaning 'not') and 'fair' (from Old English fæger, meaning 'pleasing, beautiful, just'), paired with 'dismissal' (originating from Old French desmiser / Latin dimissio, meaning 'to send away'). Established in modern employment law during the late 20th century to describe legally unjustified termination of employment.

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