Working is also called “making a living,” but why do some workers have to pay a dear price for hanging on to their jobs? Just this week the real cause of her death, as found by labor standards investigators, was revealed. Yes she had a congestive heart failure, but the underlying cause was “karoshi”— death by overwork. Miwa Sado, it turns out, clocked in 159 hours of overtime in one month—an average of 5.9 hours a day in excess of her regular working hours, including weekends. Here at home, many live with whatever working conditions they have because they believe it is still better than not having a job at all.

Source: The Standard October 06, 2017 14:03 UTC