2016年5月2日星期一

overwork as “karoshi”, stoic, mindfulness

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Japanese labor bureau rules that Toyota Camry engineer died from overwork A court in central Japan has ordered the government to pay compensation to a woman who argued that her husband died from overwork at Toyota Motor Corp.
The woman's lawyer says Kenichi Uchino had been putting in long hours while working as a middle manager at a Toyota factory.
The lawyer says Mr. Uchino worked 80 hours of overtime a month for the last six months before his death, and had logged 114 extra hours the month he died.
He collapsed at work and died in February, 2002, at age 30.
The lawyer says Mr. Uchino's wife filed the suit after a local Labour Ministry office rejected applications for worker's compensation benefits she filed after her husband's death.
But a court official says Friday's ruling orders the government to reverse the decision and pay compensation. There were no details as to how much she would receive.
Death from overwork, known as “karoshi” in Japanese, has steadily increased since the government first recognized it in 1987.
The government acknowledged 147 cases of death from overwork from 303 applications in the year ending in March, 2007, according to ministry figures.
Toyota, which was not involved in the suit, said the company was not in a position to comment.

stoic
adjective (ALSO stoical) SLIGHTLY FORMAL
determined not to complain or show your feelings, especially when something bad happens to you:
We knew she must be in pain, despite her stoic attitude.
He showed a stoic resignation towards his fate.
Local people were stoical about the damage caused by the hurricane.

stoic
noun [C] SLIGHTLY FORMAL
someone who does not complain or show their emotions:
My father is a stoic by nature and found it hard to express his grief when my mother died.

stoically
adverb SLIGHTLY FORMAL
She listened stoically as the guilty verdict was read out.
Stoically, and with great determination, the people set about rebuilding the village.

stoicism
noun [U] SLIGHTLY FORMAL
the quality of experiencing pain or trouble without complaining or showing your emotions:
He endured the pain of his wounds with great stoicism.

overwork
verb [I or T]
to (cause someone to) work too much:
You look exhausted - I hope they're not overworking you.

overworked
adjective
1 having to work too much:
an overworked civil servant
I'm overworked and underpaid.

2 used to describe language that has been used too much and has lost its meaning:
The article was full of overworked expressions.

overwork Show phonetics
noun [U]
He was made ill by overwork (= working too much).