A survey by the Gunma Prefecture Construction Industry Association (chaired by Tsuyoshi Aoyagi) found that overtime work is increasing in Gunma Prefecture due to construction orders from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. With less than a year left until April 2024, when the upper limit of overtime work with penalties will be applied, 14% of engineers exceeded the upper limit of 360 hours per year in principle, and 11% exceeded 45 hours per month. . About half of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's construction work took more than 360 hours a year, and paperwork was the most common reason
As the third work style reform survey, we clarified the actual situation of overtime work by engineers. In April, randomly selected engineers from member companies were requested to conduct a survey. Responses were received from 607 people from 170 companies that carried out public works in fiscal 2010.
In fiscal 2010, 521 people (86%) worked overtime for 360 hours or less, and 86 people (14%) worked 361 hours or more. While 98 people (16%) did not work overtime, 26 people (4%) worked more than 600 hours. Looking at the ratio of 361 hours or more by orderer, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (46%), others (highways, defense, etc.) (25%), prefectures (12%), and municipalities (10%). The types of work with the most overtime work were agricultural civil engineering and forest conservation, erosion control, construction (new construction, repair, reinforcement), and road widening.
In February, 521 people (89%) worked overtime for 45 hours or less, and 86 people (11%) worked for 46 hours or more. 164 people (28%) did not work overtime, and 59 people (10%) worked more than 50 hours. The ratio of 50 hours or more is Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (17%), prefectures (11%), and municipalities (8%). The types of work that caused a lot of overtime work were removal of utility poles, agricultural civil engineering and forest conservation, construction (new construction, repair, reinforcement), development of housing complexes, and road widening.
Reasons for overtime work include "a lot of document work for the ordering party", "a lot of work such as document preparation to be done by the ordering party", and "the construction period of the initial contract is difficult", and 60% of the answers were for document work. occupied more than More than 70% of the engineers cited paperwork as the reason for construction work by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The most burdensome documentary work was the review and confirmation of design documents, followed by construction plans and construction system documents.
As a way to reduce overtime work, there were conspicuous opinions calling for decentralization and leveling of the timing of orders and setting an appropriate construction period. There was also an opinion that it is necessary for the contractor to take measures such as dividing the personnel for on-site management and document preparation. With the application of the upper limit regulation approaching, the Gunma Construction Association said, "I would like to hear about improvements from the engineer's point of view," said Aoyagi.
