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submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] kattenluik@feddit.nl 26 points 1 year ago

The Netherlands has pretty strict laws on how much you're allowed to work, 12 hours max a day 60 hours max a week and you can deny working overtime.