Japan’s Dentsu Inc is fined just 500,000 yen ($4,400) after a Tokyo court rules it makes employees work overtime beyond legal limits - a case that followed a high profile death from overwork at the advertising giant.
Japan is witnessing a record number of compensation claims related to death from overwork, or "karoshi", a phenomenon previously associated with the long-suffering "salary man" that is increasingly afflicting young and female employees.
Japan’s Dentsu Inc is fined just 500,000 yen ($4,400) after a Tokyo court rules it makes employees work overtime beyond legal limits - a case that followed a high profile death from overwork at the advertising giant.
Japan is witnessing a record number of compensation claims related to death from overwork, or "karoshi", a phenomenon previously associated with the long-suffering "salary man" that is increasingly afflicting young and female employees.
