A male employee of a housing company in Aomori Prefecture wrote a word to insult the "certificate" from his boss, which commends his work performance, as "a symptom" of illness and "I feel like I'm not doing much." After repeated power harassment such as being handed over, the bereaved family filed a lawsuit for damages of more than 80 million yen against this company etc. for committing suicide.
The complaint was filed by the bereaved family of a male employee in his 40s at Hachinohe Home, a housing company in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture, who committed suicide four years ago.
According to the complaint, the man was working as a sales position in the housing sales section of the Aomori branch, but his boss repeatedly sent messages such as "You are an idiot", and at the New Year's party, he showed his work performance. He was given a piece of paper that insulted him by calling the "certificate" to be commended as the "symptom" of his illness and saying, "I don't get much results, and I feel like I'm there."
The man committed suicide a month later with a mental illness.
The bereaved family claims that they have neglected the duty of care to take concrete measures to prevent power harassment, and are seeking damages of more than 80 million yen from the company and the president.
The man's wife commented, "I've lost my loved one and I'm still saddened to recover. I'm very sorry and annoyed that I've been power harassing my employees for many years."
On the other hand, Hashimoto Home commented, "I would like to consider future measures after confirming the content of the complaint."
The full text of the "certificate" allegedly given by the boss
This is the full text of the "Certificate" that the male employee who committed suicide was given by his boss at the New Year's party.
(Sic, part of ● is anonymized)
"Symptom No. 3 ●● You haven't made much results so far, and I felt like you were there, but here the bacteria are big in the office work of the previous job. Taking advantage of his successful work history, he is still in the office business and has no ill will, but despite the customer and mechanical response, he is the third place of the sic. It seems that you are not doing your best, but please stick to the mechanical sales style this year and make daily efforts not to become a one-shot shop like ●●. January 23, 1991 Hashimoto Home ● ● Chairman ●● ”