Teachers' work style reform 5:53 on September 8 while exceeding the upper limit of one month's overtime hours
Work style reform started at school, but the working hours for one semester were slightly lower than the previous year, and the national overtime limit set by the government as a standard has been exceeded. I understand.
This survey was conducted over the Internet from July to this month by the Japan Teachers' Union, and received responses from 7793 teachers from elementary and junior high schools and high schools nationwide.
Of these, the working hours for the first semester of this fiscal year were 10 hours 53 minutes per week on average, a decrease of 8 minutes compared to the previous year, and overtime hours exceeded 3 hours per day.
The government has set the upper limit of overtime hours in the guidelines as 45 hours a month as a guideline for teachers' work style reform, but the survey results clearly show that this is not being protected at the school site became.
Also, when asked about efforts to reduce working hours, about 30% still responded that "working hours are self-reported" and nearly 20% said that they took their time away from work earlier than 10%. The problem is highlighted, such as “Responsibility of working hours is still unknown by managers”.
The person in charge of the survey said, “Overtime over 3 hours a day has become normal. Also, if you take your work home to reduce working hours, there is no point in working style reform. It was.