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Development of Survey Framework for Prevailing Wage in the Construction Industry

건설분야 적정임금 산정을 위한 임금조사 프레임워크 개발

  • Lee, Ju-hyun (Cost Engineering & Management Center, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology) ;
  • Baek, Seung-Ho (Cost Engineering & Management Center, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
  • 이주현 (한국건설기술연구원 공사비원가관리센터) ;
  • 백승호 (한국건설기술연구원 공사비원가관리센터)
  • Received : 2019.10.02
  • Accepted : 2020.01.03
  • Published : 2020.01.31

Abstract

The construction field is one of the most representative job creation businesses, but it has been pointed out that the overall quality of the jobs is low because of the nature of the order-made production industry, such as unstable employment structure, aging workforce, etc.. Accordingly, the government plans to implement the "prevailing wage system" that guarantees a minimum wage for construction site workers. In reality, however, only a market wage could be used for a construction cost estimation because there was no standard for the prevailing wage. A comparative analysis of the prevailing wage and market wage was performed. This paper proposes a framework for estimating the reasonable prevailing wage in the construction industry. The results showed that the prevailing wage was estimated to be 4.7% lower than the market wage when the proposed framework is applied to the carpenters' case. This suggests that the proposed model could be used as an alternative for market wage considering the original purpose of the prevailing wage. This study will construct the basic data for scientific analysis on the wage, and finally, help estimate the reliable prevailing wage in the future.

건설산업은 대표적인 일자리 산업이나 수주산업 특성으로 인한 불안정한 고용 구조, 인력 고령화 등 전반적인 일자리 질은 낮은 것으로 지적되고 있다. 이에 정부에서는 발주자가 정한 금액 이상을 근로자에게 의무적으로 지급하는 적정임금제도를 추진하고 있다. 그러나 현재 국내에서는 공사예정가격 산정 시 노무비 기준인 직종별 시중노임단가만 존재하며, 최저임금 성격의 적정임금에 대한 조사 및 연구가 미흡한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 국내 및 해외 노임사례를 조사하고, 시중노임단가와 적정임금의 차이를 비교분석하여 건설분야의 적정임금 산정을 위한 프레임워크를 제시하였다. 제시한 프레임워크를 형틀목공 사례에 적용하여 산출한 결과, 현행 시중노임단가 산정방법에 비해 4.7% 낮게 산정되었으며 최빈구간내에서 산정되어 다수의 인원이 보편적으로 형성되는 최저임금 성격에 적합한 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구를 통해 건설분야의 적정임금제 시행을 위하여 과학적인 노임분석을 위한 임금기초자료 확보 및 합리적인 기준금액을 산정하는 데 기여할 수 있으리라 판단된다.

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