After the Supreme People's Court of China ruled that a case of labor disputes caused by "996" overtime (from 9 to 9 hours, working six days a week) was illegal at the end of last month, the working hours of Hong Kong workers still passed by.
A trade union published a survey today (3rd), stating that the six major industries in Hong Kong have a common problem of working hours. One of the interviewees worked as long as 400 hours per month, that is, 16 hours a day. Longer, the higher the risk of overwork.
The labor union alleged that after the epidemic turned the migrant workers into a "WFH" work-at-home mode, they were on standby in disguise as "007" (no rest at midnight and 12 hours), criticized the outdated labor policy, and asked the Bureau of Labor and Welfare to formulate the definition of overworked work and set standard working hours. legislation.
The survey pointed out that the longer the working hours, the higher the risk of overwork
Last month, the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Associations interviewed members of the trade union's information and electronics, service industry, transportation, civil servants and subsidized organizations, catering and electrical and mechanical industries through telephone or online questionnaires. A total of 131 valid questionnaires were received, with 63 % Of the respondents said that there is no need for a lot of manual labor, 48.1% of them work regularly in the morning and evening hours, followed by 29% who need to work in the morning or evening shifts. The respondents are between 31 and 65 years old.
A salesperson works 400 hours per month
The survey results found that 77% of respondents work more than 176 hours per month, of which 45.5% work more than 256 hours per month, and 35.6% work more than 276 hours per month. One of the most exaggerated respondents’ monthly work hours Reached 400 hours, that is, on the 25th of each month, working 16 hours a day. It is known that the other party is a female salesperson in the retail industry.
The survey evaluated the overwork risk of respondents according to the guidelines of the Taiwan authorities on the definition of the Overwork Scale, and found that 79% of the respondents had personal or work-related overwork levels of medium or above, and 37% of the respondents had levels of severe overwork. Divided by groups of monthly working hours, 58.6% of respondents who work more than 256 hours a month have serious overwork, while only 13% of those who work less than 176 hours a month have serious overwork The overwork situation reflects that the longer the working hours, the higher the proportion of severe overwork. At the same time, respondents who work more than 176 hours per month feel tired, forgetful, tingling shoulders and necks, headaches and chest tightness and other 12 symptoms of overwork. There are more respondents than working hours less than 176 hours.
Epidemic changes the mode of working in Hong Kong and its ecology
Tan Jinlian, vice chairman of the Federation, said that since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, many employees have changed from working in designated offices to working at home. It seems that they can easily work at home while taking care of household affairs, but in fact they are on standby 24/7. A contract project manager in the telecommunications industry. The company cut half of the staff from 40 to 20. The rest are all working at home, but she has to deal with cross-border telephone contract services. Sometimes after midnight, she also has to meet with foreign customers to handle the work. The details, "Previously set office working hours, if a WhatsApp call or a foreign phone call breaks down in my family, he will immediately open zoom for processing." The result is "007" in disguised form (twelve at zero, seven days a week) without interruption. It is totally unreasonable to work or stand by. If you are injured at home at work, you must prove to the insurance company that you are working at the time. Otherwise, you will not be compensated for the injury from the science and engineering, and the rights and interests of employees will not be protected.
She also quoted that when the Labour and Welfare Bureau published in the Legislative Council’s Human Services Committee in June this year commissioned the Occupational Safety and Health Bureau to conduct a report on the relationship between workplace fatalities and work conditions, it believed that the type of work or working hours of sudden deaths during work was related to Overwork is not directly related. However, Japan has defined and issued guidelines on overwork death. If an employee who died of vascular disease worked more than a certain number of hours a month or six months before his death, he would have the opportunity to be included. To obtain compensation in cases of fatal work, Taiwan has issued guidelines on the definition of overwork. On the contrary, Hong Kong has not formulated the definition and laws of overwork at all. If an employee died suddenly in the workplace, but died a few days after admission, even more Not included in the study of suspected cases of sudden death from overwork.
The Chairman of the Federation, Lin Zhensheng, said that the last time the Labour Department revised the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, it was already in 2005 that severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and avian influenza A were listed as occupational diseases. The practice is out of fashion. He urges the Labour and Welfare Bureau as soon as possible. Develop a definition of work overwork, set the level of overwork for the total number of working hours per month, and in the long run, laws and regulations should be established to control standard working hours.
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