Overview
- The Ministry of Employment and Labor said inspectors are reviewing working-hour and payroll records at the company’s headquarters and its Incheon branch.
- The employee, identified as Jeong Hyo-won, died in July, and the Justice Party alleges he worked roughly 58 to 80 hours a week with a 21-hour shift shortly before his death.
- The bereaved family filed for industrial accident compensation on Oct. 22, and the party says the company has refused to provide the requested time records.
- LBM disputes the family’s account and denies that excessive hours caused the death, according to statements cited by the Justice Party.
- London Bagel Museum operates seven stores and was acquired in July by JKL Partners for about 200 billion won, drawing wider scrutiny of labor practices in fast-growing service chains.