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Recently, the outline of the government's labor reform plan was revealed through the recommendation of a group of experts, and the authorities are now starting to legislate in earnest.

The labor world is in a position that there is a lack of consensus on major issues such as the flexibility of the 52-hour work week.



Reporter Jae Hee-won on the sidewalk.



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Minister of Employment and Labor Lee Jung-sik visited a beer house with policy advisors in their 20s and 30s.



It is to hear opinions on the labor reform task.



[Lee Jung-sik/Minister of Employment and Labor: (Government's) three reforms, the core of which must be labor.

While drinking a beer about what the future of the labor market wants for young people...

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We also met again with the expert group that presented the labor reform bill, and expressed our intention to fully accept the recommendation as a government bill.



The core of the reform plan is to expand the unit for managing overtime hours from a week to a monthly unit.



So, instead of working up to 69 hours a week, the intention is to take a break when resting.



Workers protest that only working hours will be longer.



[Lee Hyeon-suk/Large mart worker: Due to the lack of manpower, overtime work is occurring from time to time at the site.

In order to ensure essential manpower, we are taking turns taking breaks on days off.]



The clause requiring 11 hours of rest for consecutive shifts is also recommended, so limitations are expected.



[Kim Jong-jin/Chief of the Union Center: (Even under the current law) Service workers are less than half of office workers who spend 60 minutes a day on breaks.]



The Future Labor Market Research Association, which made the reform plan, is also concerned about the possibility of misuse.



[Kwon Soon-won/Future Labor Market Research Association (Professor, Sookmyung Women's University): I admit it, we too.

I think there may be cases where employers force workers to even work overtime.]



The government said that the departure of business operators is an area of ​​law enforcement, such as crackdowns, and announced that it would speed up the legislative process with the goal of legislation in the first half of next year.



(Video coverage: Oh Young-chun, Kim Hak-mo, Kim Seung-tae, video editing: Kim Ho-jin)