Minister of Labor, meeting with semiconductor companies... Reference to social dialogue in super metropolitan special zones

Hearing about the operation of the research and development working hour system... “We must achieve innovation and good jobs”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hyewon Han = Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Young-hoon held a meeting with semiconductor company officials on the 13th to hear the current status of working hour systems at semiconductor research and development sites.

The meeting held at Switch 22 in Yeouido, Seoul was attended by officials from Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Wonik IPS, Dongjin Semichem, FT, Myco Ceramics, and LOT Vacuum, as well as officials from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

The Ministry of Labor said that this meeting was prepared to hear and communicate in detail the difficulties the semiconductor industry is experiencing as working hour regulations, such as 52-hour workweeks, are applied to research and development positions.

President Lee Jae-myung asked the Regulatory Rationalization Committee on the 23rd of last month to fully discuss ways to resolve the difficulties in utilizing the semiconductor industry's working hour system.

In addition, the Ministry of Labor explained that it will refer to the opinions from semiconductor research and development sites heard at the meeting in the ongoing one-point social dialogue discussion regarding the Ultra-wide Special Zone Act.

Minister Kim said at the meeting, "In order for the growth of the semiconductor industry to be a warm opportunity for everyone, we must focus our efforts on the two tasks of continuous innovation and achieving good jobs. We must also think about ways to achieve the two tasks of the working hour system so that sustainable innovation can be achieved through good jobs."

Minister Kim mentioned social dialogue related to the Ultra-Metropolitan Special Zone Act and emphasized, "The government will accurately identify the difficulties in the field and provide sufficient support so that necessary solutions can be discussed in social dialogue."