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Japan wants its hardworking citizens to try a 4-day workweek (apnews.com)

submitted 9 months ago by tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip to c/japanlife@lemmy.world

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[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not only do they work Saturdays, in a lot of companies they work Saturdays for free.

[–] HerrBeter@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Wtf

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 11 points 9 months ago

IIRC, 5 days is the legal limit, but there’s a culture of unpaid overtime.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

Yo, fer real.