Minimal wage to go up while working hours to be shorter … Medium period to “construct a factory”
[ Park Jong Jin truth@ ] | 2017-12-13 11:09:08
There is a growing sense that the existence of SMEs vulnerable to changes in the external environment will be shaken as the Korean government raises the minimum wage rate and shortens the working hours. The SMEs point out that the government is pushing policies that suit the taste of the public, ignoring the realities of SMEs, and pointing out that small businesses that are suffering from a shortage of manpower in shortening their working hours may be forced to survive.
The representatives of SMEs such as Park Sung-taek, the chairman of small and medium-sized enterprises, held an emergency press conference for SMEs to reduce their working hours at the Yeouido Small and Medium Business Association in Seoul on December 12 and allowed special extension work for less than 30 employees. I strongly urge you to keep it. Park Sung-taek, chairman of the Central Committee, said, "Legislation must be implemented in view of the reality of small and medium-sized enterprises." He said, "We need to include some allowances such as allowance for overtime work.
Meanwhile, SMEs are still suffering from job openings and relying on older workers and foreign workers. If legal working hours are reduced from 68 hours a week to 52 hours a week, the appeal will be more severe.
Especially, it is pointed out that the root industry, such as casting, welding, and heat treatment, which are highly dependent on manpower, is likely to be hit by the industry itself in shortening working time. Due to the nature of the mold and the business where delivery is important, the plastics processing industry, which has to run the factory for more than 12 hours a day, can lead to companies` survival problems. At the press conference, a spokesperson for the Root Company said, "Although we will deal with the application of the minimum wage somehow, if we shorten the working time to 52 hours, we will have to start a factory immediately." "Pushing the amendment of the Labor Standards Law without remedies for small businesses Insisted that the company should be driven into the line."
According to the Mid-Term Central Bureau survey, once the working time is shortened to 52 hours, a total of 440,000 workers in the SME sector are expected to be shortage. In particular, the ratio of insufficient workforce of companies with less than 30 employees is more than four times higher than that of companies with more than 300 employees.
It is necessary to grant a maximum of 8 hours of special extension work per week for temporary work in the case of SMEs, as agreed upon at the time of tripartite negotiations in 2015. It is argued that the premium rate for holiday work should also be maintained at 50%.
Park Sung-taek pointed out, "Moon Jae-in Presidential pledge also stipulates that measures should be taken to supplement SMEs when working hours are shortened," and pointed out that "if SMEs pass the law without preparing measures for small businesses, . If it is not supplemented by the legislative process, it will lead to the government`s financial burden again like the minimum wage increase support program.
The medium-term industry expects government support measures (multiple answers) to be: △ support for new and existing labor costs (61.3%) △ funding for additional facilities (33.7%) △ financial support for new recruitment companies (29.3%). All is possible only when the national tax is applied.
Meanwhile, representatives of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) delivered the voice of the industry by finding Hong Young-pyo, Chairperson of the Environment and Labor Committee of the National Assembly (as well as a Democrat). The Democratic Party, the government and the Cheong Wa Dae held a meeting of the Council at the Financial Supervisory Service in Jong-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the morning to discuss legislation on shortening working time.
By Park Jong Jin truth@
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The representatives of SMEs such as Park Sung-taek, the chairman of small and medium-sized enterprises, held an emergency press conference for SMEs to reduce their working hours at the Yeouido Small and Medium Business Association in Seoul on December 12 and allowed special extension work for less than 30 employees. I strongly urge you to keep it. Park Sung-taek, chairman of the Central Committee, said, "Legislation must be implemented in view of the reality of small and medium-sized enterprises." He said, "We need to include some allowances such as allowance for overtime work.
Meanwhile, SMEs are still suffering from job openings and relying on older workers and foreign workers. If legal working hours are reduced from 68 hours a week to 52 hours a week, the appeal will be more severe.
Especially, it is pointed out that the root industry, such as casting, welding, and heat treatment, which are highly dependent on manpower, is likely to be hit by the industry itself in shortening working time. Due to the nature of the mold and the business where delivery is important, the plastics processing industry, which has to run the factory for more than 12 hours a day, can lead to companies` survival problems. At the press conference, a spokesperson for the Root Company said, "Although we will deal with the application of the minimum wage somehow, if we shorten the working time to 52 hours, we will have to start a factory immediately." "Pushing the amendment of the Labor Standards Law without remedies for small businesses Insisted that the company should be driven into the line."
According to the Mid-Term Central Bureau survey, once the working time is shortened to 52 hours, a total of 440,000 workers in the SME sector are expected to be shortage. In particular, the ratio of insufficient workforce of companies with less than 30 employees is more than four times higher than that of companies with more than 300 employees.
It is necessary to grant a maximum of 8 hours of special extension work per week for temporary work in the case of SMEs, as agreed upon at the time of tripartite negotiations in 2015. It is argued that the premium rate for holiday work should also be maintained at 50%.
Park Sung-taek pointed out, "Moon Jae-in Presidential pledge also stipulates that measures should be taken to supplement SMEs when working hours are shortened," and pointed out that "if SMEs pass the law without preparing measures for small businesses, . If it is not supplemented by the legislative process, it will lead to the government`s financial burden again like the minimum wage increase support program.
The medium-term industry expects government support measures (multiple answers) to be: △ support for new and existing labor costs (61.3%) △ funding for additional facilities (33.7%) △ financial support for new recruitment companies (29.3%). All is possible only when the national tax is applied.
Meanwhile, representatives of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) delivered the voice of the industry by finding Hong Young-pyo, Chairperson of the Environment and Labor Committee of the National Assembly (as well as a Democrat). The Democratic Party, the government and the Cheong Wa Dae held a meeting of the Council at the Financial Supervisory Service in Jong-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the morning to discuss legislation on shortening working time.
By Park Jong Jin truth@