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decreased.Intheend,low-paidworkerscanbarelyget
Restrictiononthenumberofbusiness
directionsafterwork
bywithlowwages;extrawagesarerarelygiven.
Therefore, considering this diminishment of
Inordertoclarifytheintentiontoreducetheworking
additionalallowances,itisnecessarytoresetthewage
hours,itseemsnecessarytopreparemeasurestocope
system in such a way as to reduce the burden on the
with situations in which work outside office hours is
workersbyraisingbasicpaygradually.
being performed. It does not mean that employees
must not work entirely after leaving work. What this
solution means is that a law that proposes flexible
Expansionperiodsofflexibleworkinghours
Flexible working
standards is needed in order to prevent employees
ⓒWilliamsonBarwick
hours should be
frombeingforcedtowork.
extended to particular
In the case of France, an amendment of their
companies such
Employment Law that forbade bosses from ordering
as air-conditioner
work to employees by using digital devices was
manufacturers
announced in 2017. The government let companies
or construction
with 50 or more employees make an agreement that
companies that are
they should not send emails to each other during off-
pressedwithworkinacertainperiodoftime.
hours between employees and management. Since
Flexible working hours system adjusts the weekly
the legislation went into effect, French companies
average working time of a certain period to 40
are technically blocking access to business after
hours by shortening working hours of other days
work. Michelin, a tire company, checks the number
instead of extending them during certain periods.
of times an employee connected to the company on
According to the current Labor Standards Law, it is
the Internet, except during working hours, through
possible to expand two weeks in accordance with the
a remote-control system and restricts access if the
rules of employment and three months is possible
numberexceedsfivetimesamonth.
if an agreement is reached between employees and
Topreventthebusinesscommandsofbossesentirely
management.
can be an extreme way when conducting work. Thus,
However, many companies claim that these periods
if a law has written within it a clear number of times
are too infrequent. In reality, the Korea Federation
after which an employee will be restricted from
of Small and Medium Business announced that the
accessing the company off-site, this would be helpful
percentage of corporations that have implemented
ineliminatingtheproblemof“GhostWork”gradually.
flexibleworkinghoursisonlysixpercent,asshownin
the“SmallerBusinessOpinionResearchrelatedtothe
reduction of working time” survey. Meanwhile, 48.2
When the five-day work week was introduced
percent of respondents, the highest amount, selected
for the first time in 2004, many concerns
theoptionthat“Periodsshouldbeexpandeduptoone
were discovered. Nevertheless, this system is
year”forincreasingtheutilizationrateofthesystem.
being conducted very well in the present after
Therefore, it is necessary to adjust and expand
overcoming such problems. As such, the 52-
workinghoursflexiblyinaccordancewiththechange
hour work week has still many problems, but
intheamountoftheproductsinordertoimprovethe
the reporter thinks that the realization of “Work
working environment and increase productivity. In
and Life Balance” and efficient economic
addition,thegovernmentshouldarrangeplanstooffer
development can be achieved enough through
detailed support for corporations that are confused
institutionalcomplementation.
or unclear about the law after the introduction of the
system.
dbwls548625@hufs.ac.kr
11
OCTOBER 2018

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