Last year, over 1,000 companies paid more than 1 million yen to their employees after being instructed by the Labor Standards Inspection Office that they were not paid overtime pay to their employees.
Overtime and holiday work are legally obligated to pay extra wages, and companies that are found to be unpaid in an investigation by the Labor Standards Inspection Office will receive guidance, and if they still do not comply, they will be fined.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, last year, 1,069 companies paid overtime pay of 1 million yen or more to their employees after being instructed that there was unpaid overtime.
Of these, 115 companies paid more than 10 million yen, and some companies paid 371 million yen combined with all employees.
The total amount of overtime paid was 6,578,100,000 yen.
Unpaid overtime pay was discovered when the computer usage time did not match the working time, and it was confirmed that there were cases in which employees underreported overtime hours for fear of lowering their evaluation. That's it.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, ``The number of companies receiving guidance is on the decline, and it is thought that this is because companies are becoming more aware of labor management as work style reform progresses. I would like to provide proper guidance to companies."