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Designing a Blockchain-based Smart Contract for Seafarer Wage Payment

블록체인 기반 선원 임금지불을 위한 스마트 컨트랙트 설계

  • Yoo, Sang-Lok (Research Institute, Future Ocean Information Technology, Inc.) ;
  • Kim, Kwang-Il (College of Ocean Sciences, Jeju National University) ;
  • Ahn, Jang-Young (College of Ocean Sciences, Jeju National University)
  • 유상록 ((주)미래해양정보기술 기업부설연구소) ;
  • 김광일 (제주대학교 해양과학대학) ;
  • 안장영 (제주대학교 해양과학대학)
  • Received : 2021.12.03
  • Accepted : 2021.12.28
  • Published : 2021.12.31
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Abstract

Guaranteed seafarer wage payment is essential to ensure a stable supply of seafarers. However, disputes over non-payment of wages to seafarers often occur. In this study, an automatic wage payment system was designed using a blockchain-based smart contract to resolve the problem of seafarers' wage arrears. The designed system consists of an information register, a matching processing unit, a review rating management unit, and wage remittance before deploying smart contracts. The matching process was designed to send an automatic notification to seafarers and shipowners if the sum of the weight of the four variables, namely wages, ship type/fishery, position, and license, exceeded a pre-defined threshold. In addition, a review rating management system, based on a combination of mean and median, was presented to serve as a medium to mutually fulfill the normal working conditions. The smart contract automatically fulfills the labor contract between the parties without an intermediary. This system will naturally resolve problems such as fraudulent advance payment to seafarers, embezzlement by unregistered employment agencies, overdue wages, and forgery of seafarers' books. If this system design is commercialized and institutionally activated, it is expected that stable wages will be guaranteed to seafarers, and in turn, the difficulties in human resources supply will be solved. We plan to test it in a local environment for further developing this system.

안정적인 선원 수급을 위해서는 선원의 임금 보장이 필수적이다. 하지만 선원들이 임금을 제대로 받지 못하는 임금체불 분쟁이 발생하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 선원 임금체불을 해결하기 위해 블록체인 기반 스마트 컨트랙트를 이용하여 임금지불 자동체결시스템을 설계하였다. 설계한 시스템은 정보등록부, 매칭처리부, 평점관리부, 스마트 컨트랙트를 배포하기 위한 임금 송금 등으로 구성된다. 매칭처리부는 선원과 선주의 자동알림설정을 위해 임금, 선종/어업, 직위, 면허 등 4가지 변수의 가중치 합이 임계값보다 넘으면 전송되도록 설계하였다. 또한, 평상시 근로조건을 상호 간 잘 이행해 나갈 수 있는 매개체 역할을 위해 평균과 중앙값을 조합하여 평점관리방식을 제시하였다. 스마트 컨트랙트는 중개자 없이 당사자 간 근로계약을 자동으로 이행하게 함으로써 선주에 의한 임금체불 문제뿐만 아니라 선원에 의한 선불금 사기, 무등록 직업소개소업자의 횡령, 선원수첩 위조 등의 문제들이 자연히 해결될 것이다. 이러한 시스템 설계가 상용화되어 제도적으로 활성화될 경우, 선원에게는 안정적인 임금보장과 더불어 선주에게는 인력수급의 어려움이 해결될 것으로 기대된다. 향후 본 시스템 개발을 위해 로컬 환경에서 테스트할 예정이다.

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이 논문은 2021학년도 제주대학교 교원성과지원사업에 의하여 연구되었음.

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