Overtime Stress Suicides
Overtime seen as factor in suicides related to work
More than half of the 51 workers recognized as having committed suicide due to work-related stress between fiscal 1999 and fiscal 2002 had been doing at least 100 hours of overtime a month, according to a report by a government research team.
"Long periods of overtime work may be linked to mental illnesses," said Nobuo Kuroki, assistant professor at Toho University's Sakura hospital, who heads the team formed by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry..."
The Japan Times, June 12, 2004
More than half of the 51 workers recognized as having committed suicide due to work-related stress between fiscal 1999 and fiscal 2002 had been doing at least 100 hours of overtime a month, according to a report by a government research team.
"Long periods of overtime work may be linked to mental illnesses," said Nobuo Kuroki, assistant professor at Toho University's Sakura hospital, who heads the team formed by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry..."
The Japan Times, June 12, 2004
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