The minimum wage will be 10,000 won (10,000 won) for the first time in history. At the 11th plenary meeting held on the 12th, the Minimum Wage Committee announced the fifth set of demands (management's side) finally presented by labor and management.
The vote was between the management's proposal of 10,030 won and the workers' proposal of 10,120 won (approximately 1,172 yen), and the proposal of 10,030 won was passed.
The four workers' committee members who recommended it walked out, and 23 out of the 27 registered committee members participated, resulting in 14 votes for the management's demands and 9 votes for the workers' demands.
The minimum wage was announced by the Ministry of Employment and Labor on August 5th.
The new minimum wage will come into effect on January 1 of next year. According to a survey of labor conditions by employment type, the Minimum Wage Commission estimates that 479,000 workers (impact rate of the minimum wage 2.
The government estimates that the number of people affected will be 3.011 million (13.7%), which is lower than the number this year (650,000 people, 3.9% impact rate). In addition, the supplementary survey of the economically active population shows that 3.011 million people (13.7% impact rate) will be affected.
Based on this standard, the number of workers affected this year is 3.347 million (an impact rate of 15.4%).
At 1 a.m., the 11th meeting began, and the labor and management members were asked by the public interest commissioners to
In response, the public interest commissioner proposed a minimum wage range of 10,000 won to 10,290 won.
The minimum wage was set within this range, and so labor and management held repeated meetings to request the final proposal within this range.
At 2 a.m., the management side presented their final proposal of 10,030 won, a 1.7% increase, while the labor side presented their final proposal of 10,120 won, a 2.6% increase.
During this process, the four workers' committee members recommended by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions walked out. As a result, the management proposal had 14 votes and the workers' proposal had 9 votes, and even if the four workers' committee members had participated in the vote, the result would not have been different.
However, criticism is expected that the vote was necessary to raise the minimum wage for low-wage workers, even if only slightly.
In response, Lee Mi-seon, vice chair of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and one of the workers' committee secretaries, said at a press conference just after leaving the venue, "The section promoting deliberation is moving forward without any consideration of the fact that prices have risen and real wages have fallen for two years.
"We express regret that the proposal was presented at a level that is difficult for the sections promoting deliberation to accept, and we have determined that it is meaningless for (the public interest commissioners) to present such a proposal," he said.
Ryu Ki-seop, secretary general of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, who is a separate executive from the workers' committee, said, "Among the sections proposed by the public interest committee to promote deliberation, the workers' committee of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)
"The committee proposed 10,120 won per hour as a last resort to raise the wages of low-wage workers and participated in the vote," he said. "It was a negotiation in which we did our best to stabilize the lives of low-wage workers."
"However, I acknowledge that it is a disappointing decision given the limited conditions," said Lee In-jae, chairman of the Minimum Wage Committee. "It is disappointing that we were unable to reach an agreement that satisfied both labor and management."
"This year in particular, there has been a lot of discussion about how to reorganize the Minimum Wage Commission system," Lee said. "There are various proposals, but the Ministry of Employment and Labor will take the lead in reorganizing the system," he said.
"I hope for further in-depth discussion on the system restructuring and subsequent measures."
2024/07/12 07:02 KST
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