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15.3% of hourly workers paid less than minimum wage last year
지난해 최저임금 못 받은 임금 근무자 15.3%
Posted : 2022-04-21 15:30
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By Lee Kyung-min

Over 3.2 million hourly workers were paid less than Korea's legal minimum wage last year, data showed Sunday. Some businesses claim this resulted from a rapid increase in the minimum wage over the past four years under the Moon Jae-in administration.
일요일에 나온 자료에 의하면 지난해 320만명이 넘는 시급 근무자가 한국이 법적으로 정한 최저임금을 받지 못했다. 일부 사업체는 이러한 현상이 문재인 정부 하에서 지난 4년간 최저임금이 급격히 증가한 결과라고 주장한다.


The cumulative increase in Korea's state-set hourly minimum wage between 2016 and 2021 was 44.6 percent, sharper than Canada's 26.5 percent over the same period. The figure for the U.K. was 23.1 percent, followed by Japan (13 percent), Germany (12.4 percent) and France (6 percent) and the U.S. (0 percent at the national level, though the effective minimum wage has increased in 30 states and Washington D.C. since 2014).
2016~2021년 국가 주도 한국 최저임금 인상률은 누적 44.6%로 같은 기간 캐나다의 26.5%보다 더 가파르게 증가했다. 영국에서 해당 수치는 23.1%였으며 뒤이어 일본(13.0%), 독일(12.4%), 프랑스(6.0%), 미국(0%, 국가적 수준에서는 0이지만 2014년 이후로 워싱턴 D.C. 와 30개의 주에서 실제적인 최저시급은 증가했다)이 뒤따랐다.


In another inter-country comparison, Korea's minimum-to-median wage ratio ― measured by the ratio of the hourly minimum wage divided by the median earnings of full-time employees ― is higher compared to that of other OECD member nations. Thus, Korea's minimum wage is 61.2 percent of the median wage for full-time employees, the eighth highest after Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Turkey, Portugal, New Zealand and Slovenia. The average minimum-to-median wage ratio in the OECD is 55.2 percent.
다른 국가간 비교에서 한국의 중위임금 대비 최저임금 비율(최저임금 시급을 정규직 중간값 소득으로 나눈 값으로 측정)은 다른 OECD에 속한 국가들과 비교해 더 높았다. 따라서 한국의 최저임금은 정규직 근로자의 중위임금의 61.2%로 콜롬비아, 코스타리카, 칠레, 터키, 포르투갈, 뉴질랜드와 슬로베니아에 뒤이어 8번째로 높다. OECD의 평균 중위 대비 최저임금 비율은 55.2%다.


The Korea Enterprises Federation (KEF), which represents the interests of businesses and management, noted in a report using raw data from Statistics Korea that 3.2 million workers were paid below the legal minimum wage of 8,720 won ($7.09) per hour in 2021. They account for 15.3 percent of the 21 million wage and salary workers. Korea's hourly minimum wage was raised to 9,160 won this year from 8,720 won last year.
기업과 경영진의 이익을 대변하는 한국경영자총협회(경총)는 2021년 한 보고에서 통계청 자료를 사용해 320만명의 근로자들이 법적 최저임금인 8,720원(7.09달러)보다 더 적게 받고 있다는 점에 주목했다. 이들은 2100만명의 임금근로자들의 15.3%를 차지한다. 한국의 최저임금 시급은 지난해 8720원에서 올해 9160원으로 올랐다.


The number of workers who were paid below the minimum wage increased by 2.6 million over 20 years from 577,000 in 2001.
최저임금보다 적게 받는 근로자 수는 2001년 57만7천명에서 20년 동안 260만명 증가했다.


KEY WORDS
■ minimum wage 최저임금
■ claim 주장하다
■ cumulative 누적되는, 누계의
■ full-time 풀타임의
■ ratio 비율, 비
■ note ~에 주목하다

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