Illegal long working hours Confirmed by 40% of establishments Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on-site investigation September 26, 6:28
While measures aimed at correcting long working hours are progressing, the results of an on-site survey conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for offices nationwide were announced last year, and illegal long working hours were carried out in approximately 40%. I understand.
Every year, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare conducts on-site surveys of offices nationwide where death from overwork has occurred. Last year, we surveyed about 29,097 offices, approximately 4,000 more than the previous year.
As a result, there were 11,766 offices where illegal long working hours were carried out, such as working beyond the upper limit of the labor-management agreement, accounting for 40.4% of the total.
Of these, there were 7857 establishments that had over 80 hours of overtime per month, the so-called overwork death line, and some 219 establishments exceeded 200 hours. That is.
By industry, the largest number of illegal long working hours was 2895 in the manufacturing industry, followed by 2695 in the transportation industry and 1715 in commerce.
The government revised the law last year to correct long working hours, and in April, the upper limit on overtime work was started for large companies.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, “there are no longer illegal long working hours as countermeasures are progressing.