McDonald's manager in Japan 'dies of overwork...'

A STORE manager with hamburger chain McDonald's in Japan who died of a brain haemorrhage was a victim of "karoshi" or death by overwork, a regional labour office said.

The woman, employed at an outlet in Yokohama near Tokyo and reportedly aged 41, had done more than 80 hours of overtime per month before she collapsed in October 2007 during a training program at a different store.

She died in hospital three days later, said an official at the Kanagawa Labour Bureau today, which oversees the Yokohama region.

"We determined her work caused the illness,'' said the official in charge of work-related compensation, a decision that makes her dependent family members eligible to receive a public pension. More...

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