Comments on: Toyota Worker Dies From Overwork

By: neilberg

neilberg — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:37:45 +0000

This was from the AP article:
“As a middle manager in charge of quality control at a Toyota factory in Toyota City, Kenichi Uchino had been putting in long hours before he collapsed at work and died in February 2002 at age 30, the lawyer said.”

It was factory work…yeah, she might have a shot at compensation. I only can say that the expected overtime for automotive office jobs is higher in Japan than in the US, but that some (but fewer) people work just as long in the US.

By: yankinwaoz

yankinwaoz — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:05:04 +0000

The article leaves out of a lot of information and background that could slant the tone of the article significantly.

The question I have is: Was the OT he did voluntary? Was he worked to death by Toyota, or his own misguided work ethic.

Did his wife push him to work that many hours? Did he have gambling debts? Perhaps he just preferred working to being home with her?

Are there labor laws in Japan that were broken? Do they cap hours per week there?

Is this amount of hours normal? Or abnormal? Was this case an exception? Or is it par for the course?

See… that article gives no context to the case.

By: NICKNICK

NICKNICK — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:12:46 +0000

wow. you will never hear about someone working himself to death at a UAW plant. cross-eyed and carpel-tunneltastic from the jobs bank crossword puzzles, but that’s about it.

By: dolo54

dolo54 — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:37:03 +0000

So Christine is a Toyota?