Ahead of the tightening of regulations on overtime work in the construction industry and other industries from April, an organization that supports the management of construction companies conducted a questionnaire survey of its member companies about their current work styles, and found that there are still issues in securing holidays and intervals between work.
The National Federation of Construction Industry Cooperatives, which provides management support for small and medium-sized construction companies, conducted a questionnaire survey on work styles among member companies in the five prefectures of Miyagi, Gunma, Nagano, Shiga, and Kagoshima, and compiled the results of 5,1126 companies that responded, and released it on the 12th.
According to the survey, 4.7% of respondents answered that they had already secured or planned to secure "115 weeks and 66 days or more of holidays or 5 days or more of holidays per year," which is an item to be examined for public works in some prefectures, while 33.5% answered that they could not secure it.
Regarding the introduction of the "interval system between shifts," in which employees take a certain amount of time off between work, 15.5% of respondents answered that they had already introduced it, while 26.4% said that it could not be introduced because of the issues, and 35.6% said that it was not necessary.
Based on the results of this survey, the JFBA will request the national and local governments to create a comfortable working environment and support work style reforms at member companies.
Tsuyoshi Aoyagi, chairman of the federation, said, "We have to do it with an appropriate construction period, holidays, and work style, and I want to change the industry to one that young people are happy to enter by firmly showing the scenery that can be seen beyond the upper limit regulations."