The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and four major construction industry organizations have agreed to aim for an increase in the wage level of skilled workers of "approximately 5%" by 2023. In the past two years, we have set a common wage increase target for the industry and achieved results. implement possible initiatives. As the application of the upper limit on overtime work with penalties is approaching one year from now, the public and private sectors have also agreed to work on optimizing the construction period by ensuring two days off per week.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Tetsuo Saito and four organizations: Japan Federation of Construction Industries (Nikkenren), All Japan Construction Industry Association (Zenken), All Japan Small and Medium Construction Industry Association (Zenchuken), Federation of Construction Industry Specialized Organizations (Kensenren) At the opinion exchange meeting held on the 29th, each group responded to the proposal from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
We have achieved the wage increase target of "approximately 2% or more" in 2021 and "approximately 3%" in 2022 on a design labor unit price basis. The design labor unit price applied in March was raised by 5.2% compared to the previous fiscal year as a simple average for all occupations nationwide, and a new target equivalent to that level was set.
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At a meeting held in February by the government's price, wages and livelihood countermeasures office, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, "The increase in the unit cost of design labor will be steadily delivered to the site, and we will be able to firmly raise the wages of those who work at companies participating in public projects. I want you to take all possible measures so that we can connect," he directly instructed Minister of Foreign Affairs Saito.
Referring to Prime Minister Kishida's remarks, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Saito said, ``In order to realize this, the current trend will spread to local governments and private construction projects, and the public and private sectors will work together to sustain a virtuous cycle that will lead to higher wage levels for skilled workers. It is essential to further promote these efforts," he appealed to the executives of the four groups.
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Saito also mentioned overtime regulations and emphasized that "promoting work style reforms and improving productivity are the most important issues." He indicated that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will work with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to work together with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to urge private-sector clients to optimize the construction period, in addition to placing construction orders on the assumption of a two-day work week.
