According to a questionnaire survey conducted by an industry group on freelance actors and staff working in movies and on stage, there are cases in which employers do not know working hours or have no upper limit on break time or working hours. It turned out that there were a lot of people, and the group revealed that it had asked the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to take measures, saying that there was no mechanism in place to prevent long working hours and that it could lead to industrial accidents.
Last month, the "Japan Entertainment Workers' Association", which is made up of actors and musicians, conducted an online questionnaire survey on safety and health efforts for freelancers working in movies and on stage, and received responses from 214 people. I was.
Among them, 141 people, or 65.9% of the total, answered that their employer did not know their working hours, and they answered that there is no mechanism to prevent long working hours, such as setting an upper limit on break times and working hours. people accounted for 79.6% of the respondents.
In addition, about 20% of the respondents answered that they had not received a health checkup, and in the open-ended answers, there were no welfare programs such as complete medical checkups and cancer screenings for women, and there was no contract that stipulated working hours and remuneration. There have been many voices of complaints.
The group reported the results to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and asked for countermeasures, saying that freelance work sites do not have a system in place to prevent long working hours, which could lead to work-related accidents such as injuries and mental illness due to lack of sleep. to say.
Megumi Morisaki, representative director of the Japan Performing Arts Workers' Association, who conducted the survey, said, "While firmly grasping the situation at the site, we will make sure that performers do not leave their jobs due to health and safety issues. I want to."