Hello, everyone.
This is Enta.
Are you working at a site with a two-day weekend?
Since we’re on a two-day weekend, I was curious about the prime contractor’s cost estimate, so I looked into it.
I was thinking, "I bet the amount has gone up quite a bit."
If one person were to have Saturday off, that would be 25,000 yen × 4 days = 100,000 yen
That means trading volume will decrease by this amount.
If this is for the five members of Spray Team 1, it comes to 500,000.
Let's work through the calculations.
①When the only day off in a month is Sunday (one month = 30 days)
5 people × 25,000 yen × 26 days = 3,250,000 yen
②For a two-day weekend consisting of Saturday and Sunday, one day off per month
5 people × 25,000 yen × 22 days = 2,750,000 yen
Difference: 3,250,000 yen – 2,750,000 yen = 500,000 yen
This represents a decrease of approximately 15 percent.
For people who are paid a daily wage based on their regular pay, it is highly likely that their pay will decrease by roughly the same percentage.
Conversely, if a subcontractor operates on a two-day weekend and is unable to work on Saturdays even if it wants to, there may be cases where it asks the prime contractor to cover the resulting costs.
In that case, a 15% increase is simply out of the question.
That's because there's no way I can be paid for work I haven't even done.
However, when I looked at the government agency’s cost estimation standards, I found that a correction factor of “1.05” was listed for labor costs.
To put it simply, that means you get 5% lol (Well, I guess that means the general contractor is getting it.)
However, the coefficients vary depending on whether the employee has 8 or more days off per 4-week period, 7 or more but fewer than 8 days off per 4-week period, or 6 or more but fewer than 7 days off per 4-week period.
| Item | At least 8 days off per 4-week period | At least 7 days off per 4-week period Less than 8 days off per 4-week period |
At least 6 days off per 4-week period Less than 7 days off per 4-week period |
| Labor Costs | 1.05 | 1.03 | 1.01 |
| Equipment Expenses | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.01 |
| General Temporary Construction Costs | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.01 |
| Site Management Fees | 1.05 | 1.04 | 1.02 |
*From Heisei 30 onward*
Looking at it this way, if the company operates on a full two-day weekend schedule, the contractor’s fee would be the amount in item ② above multiplied by 1.05 (if no machinery is used).
Labor costs: 5 people × 25,000 yen × 22 days = 2,750,000 yen × 1.05 = 2,887,500 yen.
Even if there are plenty of days off, if the company’s revenue doesn’t go up, they can’t pay salaries; and if you get more days off but your pay goes down, you’re bound to think, “Huh?”
It does feel like the work-style reform is heading in a slightly odd direction, doesn't it?
Ideally, you’d want plenty of days off while keeping your salary the same, right? To put it positively, you get lots of days off and a pay raise, lol.
If the company goes under, we won't even get our paychecks anymore, you know~
Is this what it would actually look like if we had a full two-day weekend? (So that’s the government’s policy, huh?)
I think it varies slightly by region, so if you're curious, it might be a good idea to look it up.
See you later.
*Please note that the amounts listed above include company expenses, insurance, and other costs.
