Burial Dredging Association / Further strengthening work style reforms to two days off per week and reduction of overtime, response to improving understanding of ordering parties
Chairman Shimizu
The Japan Landfill Dredging Association (Takuzo Shimizu, chairman of the Japan Landfill Dredging Association) will further strengthen work style reforms centered on a two-day work week in preparation for the approaching April 2024 upper limit on overtime work with penalties. He summarized the opinion exchange meetings held in 10 districts nationwide from October 5th to 16th with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Regional Development Bureau (including the Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau) and the Cabinet Office Okinawa General Secretariat. The three main pillars of work style reform are the ▽Construction period setting guideline, ▽Trial construction for evaluation of securing holidays during the construction period, and Coordination meeting for ensuring construction quality. enhance sexuality.
Chairman Shimizu made the announcement at a press conference held in Tokyo on the 28th. Based on the opinion exchange meeting, efforts to be focused on by the Dredging Association ▽Continued consideration of a shift system for construction that is difficult to close ▽Closed 8 days per 4 weeks and accelerated 8 days off per 4 weeks on an individual basis ▽By deepening cooperation with other port-related organizations Securing of bearers ▽ Digitization of construction documents and construction inspections, conversion of site precast (PCa), automatic/autonomous construction, carbon neutral (CN) promotion ▽ Cooperation in building BIM/CIM cloud ▽ Securing work boats and mooring places ▽ Promoting the spread of the Construction Career Up System (CCUS), etc.
We will continue to collaborate with regional development bureaus and others on work style reform initiatives such as two days off per week, and while sharing the recognition of the most important issue, we will increase the effectiveness of the implementation of the three pillars of measures such as construction period setting guidelines.
According to Umidhunkyo, at a private opinion exchange meeting, the government said, ``In order to strongly promote work style reform and secure workers, it is necessary to secure holidays, reduce overtime work, and secure an appropriate wage level at the same time. It is necessary to move forward,” he said.
Looking back at the opinion exchange meeting, Chairman Shimizu summed up, "The three measures for work style reform (listed in the three pillars) are spreading." He said he "realized there was enough momentum" to achieve the overtime cap. While he expressed his desire to improve the productivity of the workplace, he also said that it was necessary to create a system in which annual income would not decrease even if the number of working days of technicians decreased.
