NewJeans Manager's Bullying Allegation Against CEO Kim Joo-young Cleared
Feb 24, 2025
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According to a report by Chosun Biz on the 24th, the Seoul Metropolitan Employment and Labor Office under the Ministry of Employment and Labor failed to find any charges against the case where A, the manager of New Jeans, filed a complaint against the agency's CEO, Adore Kim Joo-young, and issued a disposition of 'not guilty (administrative termination)'. This is because it is not possible to confirm whether or not the workplace is harassed only by the petitioner's submission data.
Mr. A is known to have led the activities of the members without Mr. A after Mr. Newzins announced the termination of the exclusive contract to Mr. A in November last year. Adore, who claims the validity of the contract, saw it as an act of maritime affairs at the time and conducted an audit. However, A claimed that it was bullying in the workplace and filed a complaint against CEO Kim with the Ministry of Employment and Labor in December.
Mr. A also claimed that he had forcibly detained the company from leaving work for about three hours, saying that Audor had given a waiting order as bait and demanded a laptop be submitted.
He also claimed that he demanded the submission of his personal phone and said he would use the formatting of his laptop as a reason for disciplinary action even though he backed up all work-related data online and formatted his laptop with only personal data.
However, Odor insisted on the "groundless" in this regard and rather suffered serious damage from A's actions I told you.
Mr. A contacted the advertiser directly and urged the artist and the brand to sign a contract directly, excluding the company. Mr. A himself admits to communicating in this way. This is a serious maritime act that helps violate the artist's exclusive contract," he said, explaining the reason for conducting the audit.
He also immediately launched an investigation and gave Mr. A a sufficient opportunity to explain, but he made false statements contrary to clear evidence and refused to comply with the investigation, forcing him to issue a waiting order for work and request the return of the laptop, which is the company's asset. In this process, there was no coercion, such as illegal imprisonment. I have made several requests for interviews to give them a chance to explain themselves, but they have all refused", he explained.
In the meantime, "All work-related information performed by members using laptops, which are the company's assets, must be returned without being deleted arbitrarily. A few hours after he was asked to submit a laptop, A received a laptop from someone and submitted it to the company, but he submitted it in a format so that it could not be fully recovered. It made it impossible to confirm which data was deleted during the format process. Odor will investigate the truth thoroughly and take necessary legal action" he said.
Meanwhile, Minji, Hani, Daniel, Harin, and Hyein announced that they would change the team name from Newzins to 'NJZ and start their own activities. The first stage with 'NJZ' is the Global Street Fashion and Culture Festival 'ComplexCon Hong Kong' to be held in Hong Kong in March.
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