A survey by the National Construction Industry Association (Zenken, chaired by Takanori Okumura) found that among those working in the construction industry, engineers tend to work longer hours. It was also discovered that the reason was because many documents related to construction were created. With less than half a year left until April 2024, when regulations on overtime will be penalized, employers need to clearly understand and take action to reduce overtime for engineers. In 2023 regional roundtables and block meetings with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will be held in 9 prefectures nationwide, starting from Kanto-Koshinetsu on the 4th , the majority of member companies will call for rapid improvements to public works, which is their main focus.
The survey is conducted annually as a ``Survey on the Status of Efforts to Promote Work Style Reform.'' In the latest 2023 edition, 3,146 out of 18,494 member companies responded to the survey. their initiative status as of July 1.
When we first investigated the average overtime hours per month for those working on-site or in the office by engineer, technician or office worker, we found that the percentage Overtime hours exceed the upper limit of 45 hours per month. month is lower than that of supervisory engineers and those working in the field, with 18.8% of engineers stationed (on site) and 20.6% working in the field engineer support office, of which 9.9% are technicians and 3.7% are office workers. . Keep it at %.
When asked why they have to work overtime, many answers are given and “Because there are too many documents that need to be prepared” is the most popular answer, ranging from 71.9% (on-site) to 63 .7% (in office). Next is “due to lack of personnel” with a rate of 67.7% (equivalent) to 40.7% (equivalent).
Following on from a previous survey conducted around the same time last year, we also tracked the progress of Zenken's initiative to promote work style reform, the ``Goal for 2 Days' campaign. holiday per week + 360 hours (Two Plus Sanrokmal)''. 29.9% of workplaces (up 7.9 points compared to the previous year) and 58.2% of office workers (up 3.6 points) are receiving "about 4 days off, 8 days off" (equivalent to 2 days off per week).
The number of holidays per year has also improved. 16.0% (up 5.7 points) in the workplace and 36.0% in the office worked ``116 days or more'', far exceeding the average number of workers (115.3 days) as of April 1, 2022, compiled by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare 2% (up 2.9 points).
