Presidential advisors in discussions to adjust flexible work hour system

2019-02-18 3

경사위 '탄력근로제 확대' 위한 논의 마지막 전체회의 열어

A group of advisors to President Moon are meeting tonight with the nation's labor unions... to hopefully reach a consensus on maximum weekly hours under a new flexible work system.
The Economic, Social and Labor Council,... officials are tasked with helping the parties concerned... agree on adjusting the system... which currently limits weekly work hours to 52... over a three-month period.
Starting this year,.... the heads of companies with 3-hundred or more employees face jailtime or fines if they violate the weekly cap.
The limits, however, have been opposed by some, because of what they say are the specific needs of their industries.