Democratic Party: "Is the Yoon Government's Labor Reform Trying to Create a Society of Death from Overwork?"

"Can't even use paid leave, but saving vacation days to live in Jeju for a month"

The Democratic Party criticized the working hours reform plan promoted by the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, asking, "Are you trying to turn South Korea into a society of death by overwork?"

On the 12th, Oh Young-hwan, the Democratic Party's floor spokesperson, pointed out, "South Korea is deteriorating due to the Yoon Suk-yeol administration's policies that completely ignore the realities of the labor field."

Spokesperson Oh said, "The government tells people to save up their vacation and go live in Jeju for a month, but to take a month off, you have to work 12 hours a day for 30 days," adding, "The reality in South Korea is that 30% of office workers cannot even properly use their legally mandated paid leave. Does the Yoon Suk-yeol administration even know this reality?"

He added, "The 69-hour work schedule shows the future of South Korean workers facing a society of overwork," and criticized, "Yet the government insists on pushing forward unilateral policies without communication."

The 69-hour work schedule, based on the government's revised working hours plan, became a hot topic online as a daily schedule for office workers.

Regarding this, Spokesperson Oh said, "Among advanced labor countries, where is there a country that demands over 60 hours of work in a single week?" and criticized, "The Yoon Suk-yeol administration has emphasized that it is for the youth. After using the youth for political gain, it shamelessly pushes policies opposed by young people."

Spokesperson Oh urged, "If the Yoon Suk-yeol administration is not determined to turn South Korea into a society of death by overwork, it should immediately scrap the 69-hour workweek policy."

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