stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 year ago207 Hours Overtime: Japanese Man in Kobe Worked to Deathunseen-japan.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1340arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: worldnews
arrow-up1339arrow-down1external-link207 Hours Overtime: Japanese Man in Kobe Worked to Deathunseen-japan.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: worldnews
A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan’s continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.
minus-squaree_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoI haven’t been able to find much information (in English,anyway) on the labor movement in Japan. The pervasiveness of unpaid overtime and stagnant wages leads me to wonder if it’s moribund?
I haven’t been able to find much information (in English,anyway) on the labor movement in Japan. The pervasiveness of unpaid overtime and stagnant wages leads me to wonder if it’s moribund?