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A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan's continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.

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[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Did your employees get two weeks at a time?

[-] Zippy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Pretty much always. Within two years that increased to three. Think most broke that up a bit.

[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Fascinating, glad they got multiple 14-day vacations, and it’s still completely irrelevant. We’re on about medical residents.

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