일본 최저임금제도의 동향과 과제 — 지역별･산업별 최저임금제도와 생활보호와의 관계 —

In Korea, as of 2017, the presidential election commitment of the Time of 10,000 KRW' by the Government of President Moon Jae-in has been being realized and the minimum wage recorded the rising rate of two-digit for 2 years in row. Recently, there have been arguments for differentiating the unified minimum wage, which is applied equally to the entire industries in Korea, by region and industry, in order to minimize impact of dramatic minimum wage increase, with trying to revise on the discrete contents for deciding minimum wage by classifying types of business in Section 1, Article 4 to mandatory one and initiating laws for partial revision draft of the Minimum Wage Act. In case of Japan, unlike Korea, the minimum wage is already classified by region and industry. First, minimum wage by region, regardless of industry and occupation, is applied to all laborers and users within business places within the region, there are total 47 minimum wage systems, one per provinces and counties. Japanese Central minimum wage council considers prices and income levels by province and county, classifies them into five classes between A and E, and applies them in differentiation, and then the designated increased minimum wage was enforced from October 1st, every year. As mentioned, because of application of minimum wage by region, there are endless concerns for extending gap between regions and each local government should take the burdens. In the current situation of lacking labor force in Japan, the regions with lower income should worry about more serious lack of labor force. Therefore, the argument for unifying minimum wage by region has been made in Japan, and yet the its application is insisted in Korea. Accordingly, these should be discussed and reviewed sufficiently, and the Japanese minimum wage system is figured out.