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        大宇造船海洋株式会社（Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, DSME）因与分包商签订的合同价格低于人力成本，使分包商遭受不公平待遇而受到韩国公平贸易委员会（Korea Fair Trade Commission）罚款。

 

        这一韩国造船巨头被罚153亿韩元（1380万美元）。

 

        2015到2019年期间，大宇造船在项目施工开始后向分包商分发合同16681次。这是造船业的常见做法。

 

        韩国公平贸易委员会表示，在项目建设开始后大宇造船才与186家分包商公司签署了合同，劳工薪酬（labour rates）由大宇造船决定，因此承包商只能被迫接受大宇造船定好的薪酬。

 

        分包商被迫陷入不利境地：他们只能接受大宇造船单方面制订的薪酬待遇，但在合同签署前工作量却不能确定。

 

        此外，2016到2019年，大宇造船为1471个项目雇佣91个分包商公司，项目中包括在建船舶的修理改装工程。

 

        船舶修理主要按船东的要求开展，这些项目与降低工人的生产成本、缩短需要支付的工时有关。

 

        韩国公平贸易委员会表示在1471个遭到修改的项目中，真实的劳动投入时间（input hours）为24万9430小时，但其中只有68625个小时得到了认定，导致分包成本出现了12亿韩元（100万美元）的差值。

 

        此外，2016到2019年间大宇造船单方面毁约订单达11万1150笔，涉及194家分包商。且大宇造船的毁约没有考虑到给分包商带来的影响。

 

        韩国公平贸易委员会还表示，大宇造船还面临着违反贸易公平法规的诉讼。

 

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DSME fined $13.8 million for unfair treatment of subcontractors

 

The Korea Fair Trade Commission has fined Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for unfair treatment of subcontractors by assigning low contract prices that were below labour cost.

 

The Korean shipbuilding major has been hit with a KRW 15.3 billion ($13.8 million) fine.

 

The fine relates to a period from 2015 to 2019 during which time DSME issued contracts to subcontractors on 16, 681 occasions after project construction started, a common practice in shipbuilding.

 

The contracts signed upon construction start, affecting around 186 subcontracting firms, included labour rates determined by DSME and which contractors had to accept as they were not negotiable, according to the commission.

 

As a result, the subcontractors were forced into a disadvantageous position in which they had to accept rates unilaterally determined by the shipyard for unspecified amounts amount of work prior to contract signing.

 

Furthermore, from 2016 to 2019, the shipyard hired 91 subcontractor companies for 1,471 projects involving modifications or repair of ongoing projects.

 

The modifications were predominantly carried out on shipowners’ request, and the projects involved lower production costs to the labour force as well as a reduced number of hours paid.

 

The commission said that in the 1,471 cases revised, the actual number of input hours was 249, 430 out of which only 68, 625 hours were recognized, resulting in a disparity of subcontracting costs worth KRW 1.2 billion ($ 1 million).

 

The fine also included a penalty for arbitrary cancellation of 111, 150 orders with 194 subcontractors by DSME from 2016 to 2019 without considering the impact on subcontractors.

 

In addition, the shipyard is facing a lawsuit for breaching fair trade laws according to the commission.