労働時間(ろうどうじかん)

ろうどうじかん
noun
working hours; labor hours
1. working hours; labor hours; hours of work
The total amount of time an employee spends working, often discussed in the context of labor law, workplace reform, or work-life balance.
労働時間(ろうどうじかん)を短縮(たんしゅく)すべきだ。
We should shorten working hours.
日本(にほん)の労働時間(ろうどうじかん)は長(なが)いと言(い)われている。
It's said that working hours in Japan are long.
法律(ほうりつ)で定(さだ)められた労働時間(ろうどうじかん)を超(こ)えて働(はたら)かせることは違法(いほう)です。
Making employees work beyond the legally stipulated working hours is illegal.

Composed of 労働(ろうどう) (labor) + 時間(じかん) (time/hours). A key term in discussions of Japanese work culture and labor reform.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 労働時間(ろうどうじかん)の短縮(たんしゅく) — reduction of working hours
  • 労働時間(ろうどうじかん)の上限(じょうげん) — upper limit on working hours
  • 長時間(ちょうじかん)労働(ろうどう) — long working hours
  • 法定(ほうてい)労働時間(ろうどうじかん) — legally mandated working hours
  • 実(じつ)労働時間(ろうどうじかん) — actual working hours

CULTURAL NOTE:
Japan's legally mandated standard working hours are 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week. However, long working hours (長時間(ちょうじかん)労働(ろうどう)) have been a persistent social issue, leading to reforms such as the 働(はたら)き方(かた)改革(かいかく) (work style reform) legislation.

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 勤務時間(きんむじかん) — working hours (more commonly used for an individual's schedule)
  • 就業時間(しゅうぎょうじかん) — business hours; hours of employment
  • 残業(ざんぎょう) — overtime (the hours worked beyond normal working hours)
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