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government has started to legislate a labor market reform bill that allows workers to work up to 69 hours a week.

The labor world is concerned that the voices of the field have not been listened to enough.



This is Reporter Jae Hee-won.



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



He wants to hear his opinion on labor reform challenges.



[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.



[Mart worker: Due to the lack of manpower, overtime work is occurring at the site from time to time.

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 Union Center: (Even under the current law) Office workers who use all 60 minutes of break time per day are less than half of service workers.]



The Future Labor Market Research Association, which created 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.