Editing Working time (section)

====Japan====
[[File:Nomorekaroshi-shimbashiprotest-june-13-2018.jpg|thumb|A "No More [[Karoshi]]" protest in Tokyo, 2018]]
Work hours in [[Japan]] are decreasing, but many Japanese still work long hours.<ref>{{cite web|author=Justine Underhill |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/working-towards-death-in-japan-140758364.html |title=The 100 hour work week in Japan |website=finance.yahoo.com |date=2015-08-20 |access-date=2016-03-14}}</ref> Recently,{{when|date=April 2022}} Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) issued a draft report recommending major changes to the regulations that govern working hours. The centerpiece of the proposal is an exemption from overtime pay for white-collar workers.{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} Japan has enacted an 8-hour work day and 40-hour work week (44 hours in specified workplaces). The overtime limits are: 15 hours a week, 27 hours over two weeks, 43 hours over four weeks, 45 hours a month, 81 hours over two months and 120 hours over three months; however, some workers get around these restrictions by working several hours a day without 'clocking in' whether physically or metaphorically.<ref>[http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/wp/wp-hw4/dl/working_conditions_labour_relations/2011071903.pdf Measures for Working Hours] – Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 2012-11-12</ref> {{Citation needed|reason=no ref for how to avoid 'clocking in'|date=May 2015}} The overtime allowance should not be lower than 125% and not more than 150% of the normal hourly rate.<ref>[http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/WEBTEXT/27776/64846/E95JPN01.htm Japan– Labour Standards Law] ILO, 2012-11-12</ref> Workaholism in Japan is considered a serious social problem leading to early death, a phenomenon dubbed ''[[karōshi]]'', meaning death from overwork.<ref>{{cite news |title=The young Japanese working themselves to death |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-39981997 |work=BBC News |date=2 June 2017}}</ref>