2023-04-17 06:49:00
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[세종=뉴스핌] Reporter Lee Soo-young = Minister of Employment and Labor Lee Jung-sik emphasized on the 17th, “The core of the working hour reform plan is to reduce actual working hours by normalizing unreasonable expedients and illegal practices by both labor and management.”
Minister Lee held a press conference on the revised working hour system at the Sejong Government Complex on the same day and made this statement.
Minister Lee said, “In the process of introducing the 52-hour work week in 2018, illegal situations appeared in various forms. Each worker’s situation is different, but due to the Labor Standards Act, which applies equally to all industries, free labor was widespread in the field.” The working hour reform bill addresses these attributes of the Labor Standards Act,” he explained.
Minister Lee continued, “In order to resolve the Labor Standards Act, which does not conform to global standards, the way we work must be changed.” did.
Minister of Employment and Labor Lee Jung-sik holds a press conference on the 17th at the Sejong Government Complex regarding the reform of the working hour system. [사진=고용노동부] 2023.04.17 swimming@newspim.com
Minister Lee also said, “I believe that the method of restricting companies by regulating the upper limit of working hours is not helpful for labor reform.” The damage will be driven to the workers who work and do not get paid.”
At the same time, he said, “We must create conditions for labor and management to abide by the law with the working hour reform plan.” Emphasized.
On the 6th of last month, the Ministry of Employment and Labor announced a legislative notice of the reform of the working hour system. This day is the last day of the legislative notice, and it is interpreted that the Ministry of Employment and Labor plans to announce the re-legislation following collecting opinions instead of withdrawing the reform bill.
In this regard, Minister Lee mentioned that he would reflect public opinion in the process of supplementing the working hour reform plan.
To this end, the Ministry of Employment and Labor will select 6,000 citizens regardless of industry, generation, or occupation for two months from next month, and conduct a survey and in-depth interviews on the plan to reform the working hour system. Public opinions obtained through surveys and in-depth interviews are partially reflected in the process of supplementing the working hour reform plan.
Minister Lee said, “We will conduct surveys and in-depth interviews for 6,000 people for two months from May to reform working hours.” We will refer to it,” he said.
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