過か労ろう死しライン

noun

karōshi line; overtime threshold for death from overwork

Official benchmark used in Japan to determine whether excessive overtime may have caused death from overwork (過労死). Typically defined as more than 80 hours of overtime per month.

See also: 過労死

• 過か労ろう死しラインを超こえる残ざん業ぎょうが常じょう態たい化かしている職しょく場ばは危き険けんだ。

  Workplaces where overtime exceeding the karōshi line has become the norm are dangerous.

• 労ろう働どう基き準じゅん監かん督とく署しょは、過か労ろう死しラインを基き準じゅんに労ろう災さい認にん定ていを判はん断だんする。

  The Labour Standards Inspection Office uses the karōshi line as a criterion when deciding on workers' compensation claims.