[Exclusive] IKEA notifies executive-level employees who returned from six-year leave to ‘demotion to rank-and-file employees’… “Can you rest comfortably and then work?”

Ministry of Labor investigates complaint of ‘unfavorable treatment of reinstated employees’, department disappears due to organizational reorganization, employees are “effectively restructured” through consolidation of lower-level office workers. Isabel Pucci, CEO of IKEA Korea, is presenting a business plan at the IKEA Korea Media Day 2026 held at NSP Hall in Magok, Gangseo-gu, Seoul on April 20. Yonhap News Global furniture company IKEA Korea provides parental leave...