<Anchor> It
is a friendly economy time.
Today (26th), I will be with reporter Kwon Ae-ri.
After Corona, bank business hours were shortened by 1 hour.
However, recently, it seems that discussions are continuing to increase business hours by 1 hour to the pre-corona level.
<Reporter>
By the way, anchor Choi Jae-young, do you know what time the bank is open these days?
<Anchor>
I had an article yesterday, so I knew it yesterday.
More until 3:30.
<Reporter>
Do you think it will end soon?
How are you?
<Anchor>
So it seems to be over a little faster than before, but if you listen to the labor union, there is no big problem because the patterns of consumers who use banks have changed too much.
He said something like this
so well
I do not know.
to be honest.
[Reporter]
That's what I'm talking about.
In fact, banks these days start at 9:30 am and close at 3:30 pm.
If I have something to do, I have to go for 6 hours in between.
If you are watching the news right now, how do you feel about the shortened bank hours?
This has changed since July 2021.
At the time, when social distancing was raised to the 4th level, the bank business, which was until 4 o'clock, was reduced by 1 hour because there was a concern that operating indoors for a long time would increase the spread of the corona.
However, corona-related quarantine has been gradually eased, and from the 30th, the obligation to wear indoor masks will disappear.
Then, what will the bank's business hours be like?
The shortened time now was an emergency time tailored to the corona situation, so normality is going back to normal.
From 9:00 am to 4:00 am, it will be open for 7 hours as before.
[Kim Jong-gap/Secretary General of the Financial Industry User Council (banking company): On the 30th, the obligation to wear an indoor mask is lifted, and then the emergency situation returns to normal.
So, it seems that banks can also normalize business hours as before, and after that, discuss business hours with the union for various customer convenience.
That is the position of the user.]
<Anchor>
According to previous media reports, you have to pay half a day to go to the bank.
There were also reports like this.
Consumers may feel a little uncomfortable.
to be honest.
But what about the unions?
What is it like?
<Reporter>
Yes, I am against leaving the mask open for 7 hours as before.
Instead of extending the business hours by 30 minutes, the financial union is talking about setting different business hours for each store.
[Kim Il-young/Deputy Chairman of the Policy Strategy Headquarters of the Financial Union: It is open for 6 hours and 30 minutes.
In addition, in order to strengthen customer accessibility, a plan to expand '9 to 6' (open from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm) flexible stores through labor-management agreement was proposed.]
9:00 am to 4:30 pm Some branches open their doors at 10:00, but they open until 4:30.
Another way is to start at 9:00 and finish at 3:30.
The union argues that it is okay to reduce the business hours themselves as people have adapted to the reduced business hours and fewer and fewer people come to the window to do errands.
In this way, most stores only open for 6 and a half hours, and there are still some specialized stores that are open until 6:00 PM.
It is a position that this can be increased by discussing with the management.
<Anchor>
So, it's the recent management.
The Federation of Banks will normalize from the 30th.
You set the policy like this.
However, our reporter Kwon meticulously took the position of the union, but the position of the union is different.
Then, is it difficult to normalize from the 30th right now?
<Reporter>
Slightly, so far, both sides are talking without much income, and the management is in a position to discuss further after returning to the previous business hours from next week.
This is the Financial Industry Users Council.
This is an organization that negotiates with the union on behalf of the management of individual banks.
This employers' council has sent an official letter to each bank after yesterday's meeting with the union ended without any results.
This is an official notice that the normal business hours after taking off the mask are 7 hours.
It hasn't been decided yet.
Will it really be 7 hours from the 30th?
On the other hand, the financial union is protesting that it is unacceptable to return to the previous business hours from the 30th, as the labor and management decided to redefine the business hours after taking off the mask.
If the banks go back to the past from the beginning of next week without consultation with the union, they are saying they will review all options, from filing a preliminary injunction lawsuit to the court to prevent them from doing so.
The union wants to reduce business hours, but open and close different stores at different times.
It takes time to decide these things, so if we follow the union's opinion, for the time being, we will continue to operate for 6 hours as usual and increase the time by 30 minutes at each store.
I still don't know what time I can think of at the bank branch in my neighborhood next week.
I have told you the positions of both sides so far, but I am curious which side do you sympathize with more?