Samsung Elec. to introduce peak wage system

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Samsung Elec. to introduce peak wage system

Lee Jin-myung

2014.02.27 17:58:22

Samsung Electronics is set to adopt a peak salary system, which extends retirement age to 60 for senior workers, two years before the relevant law comes into effect. 
South Korea’s electronics behemoth said Thursday that it reached an agreement during an employees’ meeting on the peak salary system, which extends retirement age for aged workers to 60 in return for gradually reducing their salaries from the age of 56.
Under Samsung Electronics’ new retirement formula, employees are entitled to work up to age 60 from the current 55.
Employees aged 56 will receive 90 percent of the amount they are paid at the age of 55. Then, they will get 81 percent at the age of 57, 73 percent at the age of 58, 66 percent at the age of 59 and 60 percent at the age of 60.
Over the course of the peak salary system, workers will enjoy the same employee benefits, such as tuition fee and medical expense support, as they did before. Employees aged 55 may choose between extension of retirement age/peak wage system and voluntary retirement. The new system will become effective starting from March.
On top of Samsung Electronics, other affiliates of Samsung Group including Samsung Electro-mechanics, Samsung Display and Samsung SDI are under discussion among employees to decide whether to embrace the peak wage system and extend retirement age.
The move by Samsung Electronics will help ease concerns over possible consequences of the National Assembly’s mandatory retirement age for the public sector and big businesses.
As LG Electronics and KB Kookmin Bank already introduced the peak wage system, more companies will likely follow suit.

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