Tokyo
Japan is considered the most punctual country for time. A unique case has been seen here these days. Here, government employees were given compensation of 5 crores for calling the office 5 minutes before the scheduled time. Now this incident has become a topic of discussion among Japanese internet users.
Called office before time
According to ‘South China Morning Post’, government employees were ordered to come to work five minutes before a regular scheduled time in a small town of Japan. This rule was implemented by the city’s former Mayor Hindi Kojima. The mayor was known for his strict management style and unfair behavior in the workplace. He asked all the employees of the office to come to office daily at 8.25 am. It was 5 minutes before the scheduled time.
Employees complained
All 146 employees were quite angry with this order of the mayor. He filed a complaint against this decision and directly contacted the Japan Fair Trade Commission. At the same time, the commission also ruled in favor of the employees and ordered the city’s mayor to pay Rs 5,852,481 as compensation.
The event of discussion became a topic of discussion
This incident of Japan is now becoming very viral on the Internet. At the same time, this incident has become a topic of discussion among the Japanese people. Especially for those who are troubled by overtime working culture in their company. People are giving various types of reactions on this. Some people have praised this decision of the employees and said that this decision could prove to be an important step towards changing overtime working culture in Japan.
