"Even if the management of the company is difficult … punishable 52 hours a week" – Chosunbiz

52 hours a week from yesterday … The Ministry of Employment and the Ministry of Labor have established a periodic supervision guide for the six-month period.

The reduction in working hours (week 68 → 52 hours) is considered the biggest change in working conditions since the "five-day work week" (introduced in 2004). An employer who violates reduced work schedules must be punished with a term of imprisonment of up to two years or a fine of up to 20 million won. but the government decided to leave the system for six months until the end of the year. Among them, the Ministry of Employment and Labor has set up an internal policy to exclude cases where a complaint or an accused case has been suspended for 52 hours over a week, according to the Ministry's regulations. 39 Employment and Labor Inspection and guidelines on reducing working time, the employment department plans to focus on the fact that the company keeps 52 hours a week under supervision of work,. Since this month, there are 3627 workplaces throughout the country where 52 hours per week are applied. In addition to working 52 hours a week, the employment department also plans to check if the employee is on duty for 8 hours a day (1 hour or more for 4 hours of work) or to rest 4 hours a day.

However, according to the party's agreement last month, the review of the regulations of the supervisory board to give a correction period of up to 6 months (the first three months plus three months if necessary) However, the Department of Employment said: "In the case of workplaces that require a lot of time, such as recruiting and replacing teams, they give more time to correct. "

According to the new guidelines from the Ministry of Employment The employment service will receive an" improvement plan. "The plan included a detailed plan to shorten the hours work, such as staff recruitment, change of position, the adoption of a flexible work system and the expansion of production facilities.The Ministry of Employment and Labor decided to set the review period according to the content of the plan. Mr. Young-joo, Minister of Employment and Labor, said on September 29: "The six-month period is not that the government is monitoring the illegal act." He said: "We will carefully monitor the work to reduce the hours of work.

Unlike the case of the supervision of work and repair in which the correction period is imposed, it is the policy of the Ministry of the & # 39; 39; Employment to check if it is intensive. If the employer does not have unavoidable circumstances such as recruitment of staff, recruitment plan, change of post system or expansion of production facilities, etc., the department will send the prosecution within two months. The Department of Employment said: "I can not avoid punishment because I could not keep the upper limit of working hours because of management difficulties." In the case of complaints and complaints, ▲ the reason and the extent of the violation of working hours, ▲ if the user has made the best effort, ▲ the reduction of working hours and consultation on the union consultation. said: "It is possible for the union to file lawsuits and charges to pressure the company." "The six-month suspension of the sentence should be applied to the charges and charges."

union, including the Federation of Korean Trade Unions, calls on the government to toughen up the crackdown and punish it, saying that it is "disabling the shortening of working time" for the six-month period until the end of the year. ;at the end of As a result, when there are disagreements between workers and management, such as working time during business trips, it is feared that labor and management disputes may arise. be aggravated by the violation of working hours. According to guidelines issued by the Ministry of Employment and Labor last month, opening hours such as dinner with a partner or a golf weekend are not considered unworked hours of work or approval of the user. The same goes for in-service training and internal training at the recommended level.

On the other hand, working hours of 15 to 18 years range from 46 hours a week to 40 days a week from the first day. Time. The reduction of young workers' working time must be applied to all workplaces with one or more employees. According to the revised law on labor standards, an allowance of 50% of ordinary pay is paid for holiday work up to 8 hours and an allowance for 100% of regular pay for more than 8 hours.