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Sat, August 13, 2022 | 12:20
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Minimum wage policy faces major overhaul under new administration
최저임금 정책, 새 정부에서 대대적 개편 예정
Posted : 2022-04-08 10:39
Updated : 2022-04-08 10:39
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President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol answers questions from reporters on his way to the presidential transition committee's office in Seoul, Tuesday. Joint Press Corps-Yonhap
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol answers questions from reporters on his way to the presidential transition committee's office in Seoul, Tuesday. Joint Press Corps-Yonhap

Yoon's move is a step in the right direction: experts
전문가들, "윤석열의 조치는 올바른 방향으로의 한 걸음"


By Lee Min-hyung

The incoming administration headed by President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will seek to overhaul the country's highly controversial minimum wage policy in a bid to help small businesses reeling from the economic fallout of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.
윤석열 대통령 당선인이 이끄는 새 행정부는 연장된 코로나 팬데믹의 경제적 실패로 인해 고통 받는 소상공인들을 돕기 위한 노력의 일환으로 논란이 많은 한국의 최저임금 정책을 개편할 예정이다.


The dispute is centered on revamping President Moon Jae-in's pro-labor wage policies by applying differential wage systems for each industry at a critical juncture where a growing number of the self-employed and small business owners are crying foul over a rising labor cost burden.
이 논란은 커지는 인건비에 대해 부당하다고 외치는 증가하는 수의 자영업자와 소상공인들이 중대한 시점에 있는 각 산업마다 차등화 임금 체계를 도입해 문재인 대통령의 친노동 임금 정책을 개편하는 것에 초점이 맞춰져 있다.


The country's hourly minimum wage came in at 6,470 won ($5.31) in 2017, the first year of Moon's presidency. But it soared by 16 percent the following year and has since been on a steep rise to 9,160 won in 2022, an increase of 41 percent compared to five years ago.
문 대통령의 임기 첫 해였던 2017년에 한국의 시간당 최저임금은 6470원 (5.31달러)였다. 하지만 다음해에는 16%나 급증했고 이후 2022년에는 5년 전과 비교해 41% 증가한 9160원이 되며 가파르게 상승했다.


Yoon has expressed his idea of revising the system in a more realistic manner by adopting a differential system based on regions and industries.
윤 당선인은 업종과 지역에 기반해 좀 더 현실적인 방식으로 차등화 체계를 도입해 이 체계를 개혁하겠다는 의견을 표현해왔다.


"There should be discussion over the introduction of a forward-looking minimum wage system by differentiating wage policies for each region and type of business," Yoon had said while running for the presidency.
윤 당선인은 대통령 선거 운동 기간 동안 "사업 업종과 지역에 따른 차등화 임금 정책을 통해 진보적인 최저임금 시스템 도입에 대한 논의가 필요하다"고 말했다.


Starting Monday, the Minimum Wage Commission, a sub-organization under the Ministry of Employment and Labor, started an internal discussion on the minimum wage policy for next year. The commission will have to submit its decision to the labor minister by June 29. But due to the contentiousness of the issue, it typically takes more time for the commission to make a final decision on the annual agenda.
월요일부터 고용노동부 산하의 최저임금위원회는 다음해를 위한 최저임금 정책 관련 내부 논의를 시작했다. 해당 위원회는 고용노동부 장관에게 6월 29일까지 결정을 제출해야 한다. 하지만 해당 사안이 논쟁을 초래하는 편이기 때문에 보통 해당 위원회는 이 연례 안건에 대해 최종 결정을 내리는데 시간이 조금 더 든다.


KEY WORDS
■ overhaul 점검, 정비
■ fallout 좋지 못한 결과
■ prolong 연장하다
■ revamp 개조하다
■ cry foul 부당하다고 외치다
■ forward-looking 미래를 계획하는, 진보적인

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