일본의 장시간 노동의 해소를 위한 정책— 시간외노동의 상한규제와 근무 간 인터벌 제도 —

Abstract

Japan has a long-standing problem of working long hours like Korea. In recent years, Japan has made it clear that it is necessary to set the upper limit of overtime work and the interval between work for securing living time in order to guarantee the worker's health and achieve the work - life balance. First, in the recent revision (draft), the limit of overtime work of 45 hours per month was set as law, and penalties in case of violation were specified. In addition, the upper limit of overtime that cannot be exceeded by exception is defined as 720 hours per year (60 hours a month). When the overtime is concentrated in a certain month, the amendment (draft) is set in order not to exceed the overtime limit of over 100 hours for one month, which is the recognition criteria of work-related accident for brain and heart disease, or over average 80 hours for 2 to 6 months, which is the recognition line of overwork. Second, the inter-working interval regulation has already been widely adopted in Europe, but there is still much work to be done in Japan for the management of labor as a recently started system. For example, there are still many considerations such as whether the 11-hour interval is valid for Japanese companies as in the EU countries, and whether it will include commuting time at the interval of work in a Japanese company with a long commute time. Until now, the corporate mentality in Japan has focused on work rather than privacy. However, in order to cope with various changes in the environment in the modern times, it is necessary to actively introduce the inter-working interval system in order to restrain the long working hours and to guarantee the privacy of the workers. Finally, as in Japan, we should discuss and improve on various aspects in order to reduce working hours in Korea.