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In the end, the reform of the working hour system was put on the brakes because it failed to convince the younger generation, and the reason why the younger generation was negative about the reform was that it did not properly reflect reality. There were many voices of criticism that it was possible to take a long vacation when I could not take all the vacation I have now, but rather that I could only increase my working hours. The government decided to come up with a supplement.

Then there's Jehee-won.

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Working hours are reformed so that they can work in droves when they have a lot of work, and they can take long vacations such as living in Jeju Island for a month.

The Minister of Employment is confident that the MZ generation will actively take advantage of it.

[Lee Jeong-sik/Minister of Employment and Labor (last 6 days): The MZ generation has a very good sense of entitlement, to the point of saying, "Come out the vice president, come out the chairman, on what basis did the performance pay come to be like this?" That active sense of rights will greatly help to make the law effective.]

However, the MZ generation has been criticized for being unrealistic.

[IT industry worker: My working hours are a bit long, and in fact, I still don't get a good guarantee (for breaks). In a way, it can be abused.]

In response to the backlash against working long hours, a virtual work schedule of working 69 hours and going to the hospital on weekends has become a hot topic on the Internet.

[Healthcare workers: Unlike other countries, isn't it too retrograde, because I don't think more hours will increase productivity.]

The working-time savings account system has cast doubt on its effectiveness.

[Jihye Kim/Advertising Planner: Just because my work has been terminated doesn't mean I can take that vacation, but I have to consider other people's work situations and other companies' circumstances. The Refresh Union, which was called the
MZ union and claimed to be different from the two existing unions, also made clear its opposition.


[Song Si-young/Vice Chairman of the Workers' Council: Flexibility? That's good. But the problem is that they don't think this will be followed. Also, there is no system in place to protect workers when it is abused by the company or management.]

The Ministry of Employment and Labor said that there was a lack of communication, and that it would gather opinions and prepare supplementary measures during the legislative notice period, which ends on the 17th of next month.

(Video Interview: Han Il-il and Jeon Kyung-bae, Video Editing: Lee So-young, CG: Park Chun-woong)