Construction industry and media industry "Reduce long working hours" White Paper on Overtime October 1, 12:56

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Although the “White Paper on Death from Overwork” has been finalized, the number of deaths from overwork and suicide in the previous fiscal year has been the lowest in the past 10 years, but still remains high, especially in the construction and media industries. He points out that efforts to reduce long working hours are necessary.

According to the White Paper on Prevention of Overwork, etc. Decided by the Cabinet on the 1st, according to the “White Paper on Death from Overwork”, last year, there were 158 people who died from overwork or overwork suicide. If you are.

By age group, there are 47 people in their 40s, followed by 46 people in their 50s, 26 people in their 30s, 20 people over 60, and 19 people in their 20s.

This was the first analysis of the construction and media industries, which have been pointed out to have a lot of long working hours.

In the construction industry, 78 people were recognized as death from overwork due to brain and heart disease in the five years from 2010, and 54 were suicides caused by mental disorders.

A thorough analysis of the cases of overworked suicide revealed that the number of on-site supervisors was the largest, with 30 people, and the main factors were long working hours, changes in the amount of work, and troubles with superiors.

In the media industry, there were 10 deaths from overwork, 4 deaths from overwork, and all overwork suicides were in their 20s.

The main factors include regular long working hours and continuous work for more than two weeks.

Based on the results of the analysis in the white paper, it is important to reduce long working hours in all industries, so it is necessary to promote work style reforms throughout the industry and to improve the working environment of young people who have a heavy burden of overtime. I pointed out.

Media industry 22 people have been certified as industrial accident

According to the White Paper on Death from Overwork, 22 people were recognized as occupational accidents for brain and heart disease in the media industry in the five years from 2010 to 27.

By industry, broadcasting and advertising are each nine, followed by three publishing and one newspaper.

Looking at the factors identified as industrial accidents, all of them were overworked for a long time.

This includes Miwa Sado (31 years old at the time) who was a reporter at NHK's Metropolitan Broadcasting Center in July 2013 six years ago and died of heart failure.

NHK said, “Sado Miwa ’s death from overwork is serious and we should not lose important friends who support public broadcasting together. The NHK Group does not rely on long working hours together. I want to continue to create organizational culture and business reforms. "