A bill to delay by two years the nationwide rollout of the taxi monthly salary system passed the National Assembly's standing committee, the Land Infrastructure and Transport Committee, on Apr. 1. The taxi monthly salary system guarantees corporate taxi drivers at least 40 hours of work per week and pays a corresponding fixed salary, and it had been scheduled to be introduced nationwide in August.
On the day, the Land Infrastructure and Transport Committee held a full session and approved an amendment to the Act on the Development of the Taxi Transport Business that centers on delaying the introduction of the taxi monthly salary system. Seoul is already implementing the taxi monthly salary system. The taxi industry has consistently raised concerns that expanding this system nationwide would have significant negative effects not only on taxi companies but also on drivers' treatment. For this reason, it was postponed once in 2024.
If the amendment to the Taxi Business Act passes the plenary session, the nationwide introduction of the taxi monthly salary system will be pushed back to Aug. 20, 2028. Meanwhile, the amendment also includes a provision allowing labor and management, if they agree, to set different working hours for up to 40% of the licensed fleet.