… The news follows the ongoing dispute between Samsung and its workforce over pay . Digitimes reports that Taiwan-based TSMC was planning to actually cut employee bonuses by 15% despite "soaring" profits. …
… The union is demanding that Samsung allocate 15% of operating profit toward employee bonuses and remove limits tied to performance-based compensation. …
… The union is disputing issues involving bonus pay, which it sees as insufficient compared to Samsung's corporate memory rival SK Hynix, who's passing on its AI-fueled profits to employees. …
… TSMC employees are reportedly pushing back over rumors that the company may cut employee bonuses, even as the chipmaker continues to post record profits driven by the global AI boom. …
… Under the tentative deal , employees in Samsung's memory division stand to receive bonuses of roughly 600 million won ~$400,000 . …
… Market analysts project Samsung's 2026 operating profit at roughly KRW 300 trillion, which would translate to per-employee bonuses approaching KRW 600 million $408,000 in the semiconductor division under the union's formula. …
… The union is calling for Samsung to set aside 15 percent of operating profits to be paid out to employees as part of a bonus pool, and for the current maximum limit on bonus payments to be abolished. …
… Exact terms of the agreement have not been fully disclosed, but the dispute centered on performance bonuses . The union had pushed for Samsung to allocate 15% of annual operating profit to employee bonuses and scrap a 50% annual salary cap on performance payouts. …
… As the case continued, it was alleged Krafton's CEO had asked ChatGPT to "brainstorm ways to avoid paying" the bonus , and earlier this week a Delaware judge delivered the bombshell verdict Krafton had breached its Equity Purchase Agreement with Unknown Worlds by "terminating the Key Employees with… …
… But to protect the interests of our players and our full-time official employees — whose salaries, over 6 years, have never been delayed by more than a week — we operate at a pace that ensures the company continues moving forward. …