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브레이크뉴스 문홍철 기자= 기업들 대다수가 올 설 연휴 4일간 휴무하며, 상여금은 작년과 비슷한 수준으로 지급하는 것으로 나타났다.
5일 한국경영자총협회에 따르면 전국 5인 이상 715개 기업(응답기업 기준)을 대상으로 ‘2024년 설 휴무 실태조사’를 실시한 결과, 설 휴무 실시 기업 중 85.7%가 ‘4일’간 휴무하는 것으로 조사됐다. 이어 ‘5일 이상’ 8.7%, ‘3일 이하’ 5.6% 등이었다.
일반적인 휴일인 4일을 초과해 ‘5일 이상’ 휴무하는 기업들 중 67.4%는 ‘일감이나 비용 문제보다도 단체협약, 취업규칙에 따른 의무적 휴무 실시’를 이유로 제시했다. 그 외 응답은 ‘연차휴가 수당 등 비용 절감 차원’(15.2%), ‘일감 부족 등으로 인한 생산량 조정’(8.7%) 등이었다.
300인 이상 기업은 ‘5일 이상 휴무’라는 응답(16.7%)이 300인 미만 기업(7.6%)보다 높았고, ‘3일 이하 휴무’라는 응답은 300인 이상 기업(6.0%)과 300인 미만 기업(5.6%)이 유사하게 나타났다.
올해 설 상여금을 지급할 계획이라고 응답한 기업의 비중은 66.2%로 지난해(67.0%)에 비해 0.8%p 감소했다. 300인 미만 기업(64.8%)보다 300인 이상 기업(75.9%)에서 상여금을 지급하는 기업의 비중이 더 높게 나타났다.
설 상여금 지급 방식은 ‘정기상여금으로만 지급’(64.3%)하는 경우가 가장 많았고, ‘별도상여금만 지급’(31.2%), ‘정기상여금 및 별도상여금 동시 지급’(4.5%) 순이었다.
올해 별도 설 상여금은 ‘작년과 비슷한 수준으로 지급’이라는 응답이 88.3%로 높게 나타났다. 그 외 ‘작년보다 많이 지급’ 응답은 7.4%, ‘작년보다 적게 지급’ 응답은 4.3%로 집계됐다.
아울러 응답 기업의 50.0%는 올해 설 경기상황(1월 기준)이 ‘전년보다 악화됐다’라고 응답한 반면, ‘개선됐다’는 응답은 5.8%에 불과했다. 경기가 ‘전년과 비슷한 수준’이라는 응답은 44.3%였다.
규모별로는 설 경기가 ‘전년보다 악화됐다’는 응답은 300인 미만 기업(50.6%)이 300인 이상 기업(45.2%)보다 5.4%p 높았다.
한편, 올해 기업의 영업실적에 가장 부담이 될 것으로 예상되는 요인에 대해, ‘경기침체에 따른 제품(서비스) 수요 부진’이라고 응답한 기업이 57.1%에 달했다. 이어 ‘원자재 가격 상승’(51.4%), ‘인건비 상승’(50.6%), ‘높은 금리로 인한 금융비용 상승’(25.4%) 등이었다.
규모별로 ‘경기침체에 따른 수요 부진’ 응답은 300인 이상 기업(64.6%)이 300인 미만 기업(56.1%)보다 8.5%p 높았으나, ‘높은 금리로 인한 금융비용’ 응답은 300인 미만 기업(26.3%)이 300인 이상 기업(18.3%)보다 8.0%p 높게 나타나 규모별로 차이를 보였다. ‘원자재 가격 상승’과 ‘인건비 상승’이라는 응답은 규모별로 큰 차이가 없었다.
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Companies will be closed for 4 days during the Lunar New Year holiday this year...bonuses will be similar to last year.
Break News Reporter Moon Hong-cheol= It was found that the majority of companies will close for four days during the Lunar New Year holiday this year and pay bonuses at a similar level to last year.
According to the Korea Employers Federation on the 5th, as a result of conducting a '2024 Lunar New Year holiday survey' targeting 715 companies (based on responding companies) with five or more employees across the country, 85.7% of companies implementing Lunar New Year holidays will be closed for '4 days'. It was investigated. This was followed by ‘more than 5 days’ at 8.7% and ‘less than 3 days’ at 5.6%.
Among companies that closed for ‘more than 5 days’ beyond the normal 4-day holiday, 67.4% gave the reason as ‘mandatory holiday in accordance with collective agreements and employment rules rather than work or cost issues.’ Other responses included ‘to reduce costs such as annual leave allowance’ (15.2%) and ‘adjust production due to lack of work, etc.’ (8.7%).
For companies with 300 or more employees, the response of 'closed for more than 5 days' (16.7%) was higher than for companies with less than 300 employees (7.6%), and the response of 'closed for less than 3 days' was higher for companies with 300 or more employees (6.0%) and for companies with less than 300 employees (6.0%). Companies (5.6%) appeared similarly.
The proportion of companies that responded that they plan to pay Lunar New Year bonuses this year was 66.2%, a decrease of 0.8 percentage points compared to last year (67.0%). The proportion of companies paying bonuses was higher in companies with 300 or more employees (75.9%) than in companies with less than 300 employees (64.8%).
The most common method of paying Lunar New Year bonuses was ‘payment as regular bonus only’ (64.3%), followed by ‘payment of only separate bonuses’ (31.2%) and ‘simultaneous payment of regular bonuses and separate bonuses’ (4.5%).
This year's separate Lunar New Year bonus was paid at a similar level to last year with a high response of 88.3%. In addition, 7.4% responded that they were paid more than last year, and 4.3% responded that they were paid less than last year.
In addition, 50.0% of responding companies responded that this year's Lunar New Year economic situation (as of January) was ‘worse than the previous year’, while only 5.8% responded that it was ‘improved’. 44.3% of respondents said that the economy was ‘at a similar level to the previous year’.
By size, the response that the Lunar New Year economy was ‘worse than the previous year’ was 5.4 percentage points higher among companies with less than 300 employees (50.6%) than among companies with 300 or more employees (45.2%).
Meanwhile, 57.1% of companies responded that the factor expected to be the most burdensome on a company's business performance this year was ‘slow demand for products (services) due to the economic recession.’ This was followed by ‘increasing raw material prices’ (51.4%), ‘increasing labor costs’ (50.6%), and ‘increasing financial costs due to high interest rates’ (25.4%).
By size, the response to 'slow demand due to economic recession' was 8.5%p higher among companies with 300 or more employees (64.6%) than that of companies with less than 300 employees (56.1%), but the response to 'financial costs due to high interest rates' was higher among companies with less than 300 employees. (26.3%) was 8.0% points higher than companies with 300 or more employees (18.3%), showing differences by size. There was no significant difference in the responses of ‘increasing raw material prices’ and ‘increasing labor costs’ by size.
