Reiri Yamasaki

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Against Overwork in Japanese Workers

• Reiri Yamasaki
• Section CIS 55-23

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Discussion

• What the problem is.
• What the causes are.
• What the effects are.
• Future Outlook.

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The Problem OVERWORK

• Working too much.
• Working too hard.
• Working for nothing.
• because they have to.

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Causes of Overwork

• Japan's economy fell into depression over the
  past few years
• A cost-reduction program

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Default overtime work is illegal
Labor Standard Law A set of regulations to
control company behavior.
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No allowance for overtime work

• of Violations of Labor Standard Law 2004
• Among 82,000, 20,299 was non payment from overwork

82,000
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Annual hours worked per person
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The Effects

• Stress
• Obligation
• Keep face
• Exhaustion
• Work too hard

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Sickness caused by overwork

• Melancholia
• Brain disease
• Suicide

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The number of people who died by overwork in
Japan in 2004

• 150 people have died from overwork.
• 45 people have committed overwork suicides.

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Examples of Death from Overwork

• Constructive-related department manager
• (suffering at that time 41 years old)
• Died from Cardiac arrest
• The dump driver
• (suffering at that time 56 years old)
• Died from an acute heart failure.

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Future outlook

• Japan should regulate overworking more strictly.

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