Working time
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Working time or laboring time is the period of time that a person spends at paid labor. Unpaid labor such as personal housework or caring for children or pets is not considered part of the working wee
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Eight-hour day banner, Melbourne, 1856
1906 – strike for the 8 working hours per day in France
Weekly working hours in US manufacturing (blue)
Karoshi
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Karoshi, which can be translated into 'overwork death', is a Japanese term relating to occupation-related sudden death.
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…not more than 150% of the normal hourly rate. Workaholism in Japan is considered a serious social problem leading to early death, a phenomenon dubbed karōshi, meaning death from overwork. By law, China adopted a 40-hour week, eliminating half-day work on Saturdays…
A "No More Karoshi" protest in Tokyo, 2018