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Article: MORE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES IN JAPAN WORK 60-PLUS HOURS A WEEK: POLL.
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- AsiaPulse News
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- July 4, 2008
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TOKYO, July 4 Asia Pulse - An influx of workers in nonregular positions may be causing full-time staff to clock more time on the job, according to a government survey released Thursday.
More than one in five full-time male employees aged 25-44 works more than 60 hours a week, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' 2007 Labor Force Survey showed. That means these workers are putting in more than four hours of overtime a day.
"The growing number of nonregular employees may be taking a toll on the working hours of full-time staff," according to a ministry official. The term nonregular staff includes part-time, temporary and contract workers.
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