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Conflict intensifies between labor and management over peak wage system
임금피크제 둘러싼 노사 갈등 심화
Posted : 2022-06-14 15:52
Updated : 2022-06-14 15:54
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By Kim Hyun-bin

Tensions between management and labor unions have been growing, following a recent Supreme Court ruling that the current peak wage system is tantamount to age-based discrimination as it cuts wages after a certain age without a rational reason, according to industry officials.
현행 임금피크제는 일정한 나이에 도달하면 임금을 삭감하는 등 연령에 따른 차별에 해당한다는 최근 대법원 판결에 따라 노사 갈등이 고조되고 있다고 업계 관계자들이 전했다.


Unionized workers at large companies are demanding the abolition of the peak wage system, while management insists on maintaining the measure, claiming it is needed to hire more young workers as the country's population continues to age.
대기업 노조원들은 임금피크제 폐지를 요구하고, 경영진은 고령화 추세에 따라 더 많은 청년 고용이 필요하다며 해당 제도의 유지를 주장하고 있다.


The peak wage system guarantees the employment of workers by gradually reducing wages through the adjustment of working hours from the point when a worker reaches a certain age.
임금피크제는 근로자가 일정 연령에 도달한 시점부터 근로시간 조정을 통해 점진적으로 임금을 삭감해 근로자의 고용을 보장하는 제도다.


The peak wage system was introduced in 2009 to retain employees facing retirement at lower wages, while freeing up more capital to hire younger workers.
2009년에 도입된 임금피크제는 퇴직을 앞둔 직원을 저임금으로 유지하고 더 많은 재원을 확보해 청년 고용을 늘리기 위해 도입되었다.


The system is divided into two types: a retirement age extension, which increases the retirement age instead of a wage reduction, and a retirement age maintenance, which leaves the retirement age as it is and reduces wages. Most businesses have introduced extended retirement age measures.
제도는 크게 임금을 낮추지 않고 정년을 연장하는 정년연장형과 정년을 유지하고 임금을 줄이는 정년유지형으로 나뉜다. 대부분의 기업은 정년연장 조치를 도입했다.


"About 90 percent of companies do not have to worry as the Supreme Court ruling does not apply as they extended the retirement age," Kim Dae-jong, a Sejong University business professor said.
김대종 세종대 경영학과 교수는 "기업의 90% 정도는 정년을 연장했기 때문에 대법원 판결이 적용되지 않으므로 걱정할 필요가 없다"고 말했다.


"There are some companies that have requested the same workload from an employee, but cut their pay just because of their age and the Supreme Court deemed these instances as being illegal. However, it's legal for a company to reduce an employee's workload and cut their pay."
"직원에게 동일한 업무량을 요구하면서도 나이를 이유로 급여를 삭감하는 회사가 있는데 대법원은 이를 불법으로 판단했다. 하지만 회사가 직원의 업무량을 줄이고 급여를 삭감하는 것은 합법이다."


KEY WORDS
■ tantamount to ~에 버금가는
■ abolition (법률·제도·조직의) 폐지
■ adjustment 수정, 조정
■ insist on ~을 주장하다
■ workload 업무량
■ deem ~로 여기다

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