Employee in Japan dies after working excessive overtime

Bereaved family members of a young Fujitsu group employee who died after slogging through 104 hours overtime a month have launched a lawsuit against the company, according to a report in Japanese newspaper The Mainichi Daily News.The paper reports that the legal action lodged at the Kobe District Court said that the 32-year-old designer was forced to work an average of 104 hours overtime a month between January and March 2000 -- despite suffering from high blood pressure. He was found dead in... (16 more words)

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