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SK hynix Seals Wage Deal, Removing Bonus Cap and Tying 10% of Profit to Employee Payouts

The 10-year scheme is already pressuring Samsung unions to replace opaque EVA bonuses with profit-linked payouts.

Overview

  • Union delegates approved the agreement with a record 95.4% vote, with a formal signing scheduled for Friday.
  • The package includes a 6% base pay increase and an 80/20 bonus schedule that defers the remaining 20% over the next two years.
  • Management and the union committed to keep the compensation framework in place for a decade to stabilize future bargaining.
  • Analysts project about 37 trillion won in operating profit this year, implying a roughly 3.7 trillion won pool and near 100 million won per employee on average, subject to actual results.
  • The deal capped three months of contentious talks that produced SK hynix’s first full-scale union protest and has prompted wider calls for incentive reform across major firms.