Competing with the 52-hour work week by introducing a 4.5-day work week...Lee Jae-myung and Democratic Party representatives raise labor agenda = South Korea

Representatives of the Democratic Party (opposition) along with Lee Jae-myung brought up the idea of a 4.5-day week again. In the policy competition between the ruling and opposition parties in the run-up to the general election, the issue of shortening working hours should be proactive and made a major agenda item.
I'm so tired of it. Representative Lee, who has proposed a 4.5-day work week as a campaign promise since he was a presidential candidate, recently announced that the government will promote the current ``52-hour work week'' in some industries.
It is analyzed that the government proposed a policy that On the 15th, Representative Lee spoke at a Supreme Committee meeting held by the Democratic Party of Korea in Jung-gu, Daejeon City, saying, ``We must maintain a balance between work and life.''
No. Together, we will move toward a 4.5-day work week as promised by the Democratic Party.'' Representative Lee then said, ``We will increase working hours, overcome the crisis, and achieve sustainable growth.''
That strategy no longer exists. "We will lead the Republic of Korea in the direction of shortening working hours, raising the standard of living of the people, and increasing labor productivity in terms of quality rather than quantity," he said.
Furthermore, ``The country in the world with the longest working hours is the Republic of Korea. Even when calculating the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) average, working hours are long.
We are moving towards a four-day system, but is it really the right thing to do in terms of national policy and economic strategy to increase working hours again?"
This is due to the government's recent proposal to reform the working hours system, which would ease the current 52-hour week for some industries and occupations.
This is interpreted as an agenda item aimed at reducing working hours. The government has announced that it plans to determine the industries and occupations eligible for flexibilization, the maximum weekly working hours, etc. through a fact-finding survey and social dialogue.
There is. A Democratic Party official said, ``While criticizing the government's policies, the pros and cons are divided, and they are discovering issues that can be brought up on the agenda.''The 4.5-day work week also puts a brake on the government's work-hour reforms, and our camp
This is a problem for which we can present an alternative solution." He further stated, ``We will continue to make shortening working hours a major policy issue until the general election.''
Prior to this, the Democratic Party of Japan announced in March that Rep. Lee Suzyn (Lee Soo-jin) was representing the initiative to prevent death from overwork.
The government announced that it will promote a bill on legislation related to support for shortening working hours. The bill requires the national and local governments to cooperate with the public sector and the private sector to take measures to prevent deaths from overwork.
It included a proposal to encourage active promotion, and a proposal for the national and local governments to cover all or part of the necessary costs in the event of shortening legal working hours under the Labor Standards Act. bill
currently remains with the Environmental Labor Committee. Kang Hoon-sik and other Democratic Party members also voted to revise the Labor Standards Act in July last year to shorten legal working hours from the current 40 hours a week to 36 hours.
The representative proposed the proposal. While the Democratic Party of Japan has made this an issue for the general election, it is also struggling to enact legislation in the 21st National Diet. Both parties involved in the Democratic Party Policy Committee said, ``Major bills from the ruling and opposition parties will be dealt with in the Diet.''
The Environment and Labor Committee, which is the standing committee in charge, will decide whether to proceed or not, while looking at the situation of confrontations related to management.''