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South Korean workers detained in Hyundai plant raid to be freed and flown home

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103 points MilnerRoute | 4 comments | 07 Sep 25 13:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.406s | source
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SanjayMehta ◴[07 Sep 25 14:45 UTC] No.45158615[source]▶
It’s a language issue.

When I first started travelling to the US, I was carefully coached by US HR and Legal to say I was on “business” as in meetings, and not “work.”

I suspect the subtle difference was not understood by the Koreans.

A shoddy way and shortsighted to deal with companies which are investing in your country.

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1. bitcurious ◴[07 Sep 25 14:51 UTC] No.45158673[source]▶
> I suspect the subtle difference was not understood by the Koreans.

Why would you suspect that a company flying in hundreds of laborers can’t afford a lawyer to give the same guidance your HR company gave? It’s tax evasion and cost cutting.

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2. SanjayMehta ◴[07 Sep 25 14:57 UTC] No.45158736[source]▶
Experts setting up machines are not “labour.”
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4. jacquesm ◴[07 Sep 25 16:33 UTC] No.45159687[source]▶
When I was much younger I was sent 'onsite' regularly to set up machinery that had been made by the company I worked for. This is still pretty common in anything related to industry because you're just simply not going to be able to train a local to troubleshoot/install a machine that they have no clue about. Some of this stuff takes years to become familiar with.