[연합시론] Labor Director System Needs to Seek’Reserve Advantages, but Minimize Conflict’

The Economic and Social Labor Committee (Gyeongsa Nowi), a social dialogue organization directly under the President, announced on the 23rd that it recently opened a main committee in writing and passed a social agreement to introduce the labor director system in public institutions. Since the main committee is the final voting body of the subordinate subordinates, the agreement to introduce the labor director system of public institutions has been concluded at the level of the subordinate subordinates. The labor director system is a system in which the representatives of workers recommended by the labor union, etc., participate in the decision-making process of the board of directors as members of the board and have voting rights and represent the interests of workers. It is a system that has become common in Europe such as Germany, but in Korea, it is operated only in a small part of Seoul’s investment and sponsorship organizations, contrary to the business community concerned about possible infringement of management rights. The passing of the agreement on the introduction of public institutions by Kyong-Nowi is expected to be an opportunity to further promote the promotion of the labor director system by public institutions such as financial institutions.

It is unclear whether the labor director system can be easily introduced as expected by public institutions despite the agreement of the labor union. It is because most of the managers are reluctant to share the secret parts of management with workers, as well as the unique consciousness of Korean companies that management is the responsibility of the manager. In the main committee of Gyeonggi-do, the four employers who represent the management community expressed their intention to’unintention’. There are 5 user committee members, but considering the fact that 1 is vacant, all opposes. This is because the agreement is a proposal to introduce the labor director system for public institutions, but it is believed that the introduction of the labor director system in public institutions can eventually spread to private enterprises. The logic is that the labor-management conflict can intensify if the labor director is informed of the secret management. It is not unreasonable to understand the concerns of the management community, but considering that it has already been introduced and operated in many developed countries in Europe, it has the advantage of strengthening labor-management solidarity and transparent management. It wouldn’t be bad either.

Chairman Sung-Hyun Moon said, “We will discuss with government ministries and the National Assembly so that the labor director can legislate as soon as possible.” The Moon Jae-in administration announced that it would introduce the labor director system from 2018 to improve the governance structure of public institutions in the ‘100 National Tasks’ announced in July 2017, the first year. Contrary to the will of the government, the lack of support for the introduction of the labor director system in public institutions means that institutionalizing the labor director system and applying it to the field is not easy. There is theoretically no reason to object to the joint participation of shareholders, who are the owners of the company, and representatives of workers, who are major members of the company, in decision-making for management. However, as there is no possibility of acting as a spark of labor-management conflict in reality, a deep study on the method of institutionalization in the direction of saving the best of management that minimizes unnecessary management interference while maximizing the merits such as representation of the interests of workers and the role of a manager in management. Will have to do.

It is the labor and management movement of IBK Industrial Bank that attracts attention with the introduction of the labor director system in public institutions. In January of last year, chief executive Jong-won Yoon agreed with the union opposing his inauguration to “promote the union recommendation director system.” However, at a press conference in Seomyeon on the 18th, he stepped back, saying, “The union-recommended director system or the labor director system is an issue where expectations and concerns coexist.” Two of the bank’s four outside directors will expire on the 12th and the 25th next month, respectively. The union said that one of the two outside director positions that would be vacant would be the union’s responsibility and had already recommended candidates to the company. However, as Mr. Yun expressed his concerns, it became unclear whether or not to introduce the labor director system. Two outside directors of IBK IBK are proposed by the president and appointed by the Financial Services Commission. Even if Mr. Yoon proposes a nomination candidate for the union, it is likely to be filtered out by the Financial Services Commission. This is the background in which he mentioned the revision of related laws. In many contexts, it seems likely that Yoon would propose a candidate for union recommendation. Therefore, it is more likely than ever to introduce a labor transfer, but it is difficult to guarantee. The first case of the financial sector from IBK could be an important turning point for the introduction of the labor director system. This is because public financial institutions can be used as a starting point for non-financial public institutions and private sectors. This is why the IBK labor director system promotion trend is attracting attention.

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