The construction industry in Korea is characterized by a complex pyramid structure comprised of one main construction company ('main contractor') and several layers of subcontractors. The prevailing form of employment relationship is informal and indirect employment via intermediaries or...

This article argues that the nature of precarious work can be grasped as the disintegration of the employment relationship which was a historical compromise concerning the distribution of cost and risks between capital and labour, in particular, along Fordist corporate boundaries, while...