Rotating sushi chain Store manager death certified as overwork death Caused by long working hours June 11 4:04

Last year, a store manager of a rotating chain that set up stores in the Tokyo metropolitan area died of cardiac arrest due to arrhythmia, and was recognized as a work-related accident due to long working hours.

The labor accident was recognized by a 41-year-old man who worked as a store manager at a store in Sakai Sogyo, a revolving sushi chain in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

According to a bereaved family and an attorney, a man fell asleep in his living room in May last year after returning home, and died the next morning from cardiac arrest due to an arrhythmia.

In a subsequent survey by the Labor Standards Inspection Office, men averaged over 80 hours of overtime in the six months before their death, and the combined detention time of working hours and breaks was around 300 hours a month. It was found that last month, it was recognized as a work-related accident due to overwork death caused by long working hours.

The man instructed him to reduce his labor costs, and he sometimes worked alone, so his wife said, “My husband worked from morning till midnight, and was always tired when he returned. I hope that long working hours will be improved so as to reduce the number of people who suddenly die in the middle or who feel sad because of sudden separation from important people."

Attorney Hiroto Kawahito, an attorney, said, ``It was last year that a man died, but in the food and beverage industry, the number of employees has been reduced due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and there is growing concern over long working hours. It is necessary to take measures to prevent this."