Japan to take the katana to long spans of work
Japan’s health ministry is poised to ban employees from working for 14 consecutive days or more, a move aimed at improving workers’ mental health and tackling what The Japan Times called “the nation’s infamous overwork problem.”
A committee is now discussing amendments to the Labor Standards Act that would limit consecutive workdays, according to the news outlet.
The newspaper reported that under current law, employers are required to provide one day off per week yet have the flexibility to schedule these as four days off spread across a four-week period, leaving employees working up to 48 consecutive days.
It’s believed that working for 14 straight days or more can cause employees’ mental health to deteriorate. Such continuous work results in higher levels of stress compared with working over 120 hours of overtime in a single month, according to a ministry study.
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