Three years ago, a male manager in his 40s at the NHK Metropolitan Broadcasting Center passed away, and in August it was recognized as an industrial accident. A full-time manager and two deputy managers in charge of labor affairs, a total of three people, were given disciplinary action by reducing their salaries.
In addition, the current Director, who was the Director of the Center at that time, decided to voluntarily return part of his executive compensation.
A male manager in his 40s who belonged to NHK's Metropolitan Area Broadcasting Center at the time and was in charge of reporting for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government died three years ago in October 2019. it was done.
Details such as the reason for the certification have not been clarified, but according to NHK's work records, 80 hours of overtime work per month from two months to six months before his death was the so-called "death from overwork line". There was a period when it was higher, and NHK judges that there was a burden due to long working hours.
NHK punished three people, the full-time general manager and two deputy general managers in charge of labor affairs, by reducing their salaries for failing to thoroughly implement measures to curb long working hours that were established to ensure the health of employees. I disposed of it.
In addition, Director Taichi Nakajima, who was the director of the Metropolitan Broadcasting Center at the time, received a strict warning from the chairman and decided to voluntarily return 10% of his executive compensation for three months.
NHK said, "I would like to express my deepest apologies to the bereaved families. We will improve our operations and thoroughly curb long working hours. We will also quickly review our efforts to ensure health and realize an organizational culture that prioritizes the lives and health of our employees. We will work with the entire organization to