Abstract
Multiple job holding contributes to workers’ income enhancement and career development while serving as an effective means to address labor shortages. However, work hours exceeding statutory limits increase the risk of karoshi (death from overwork), necessitating the continued aggregation of total working hours across multiple jobs. On the other hand, aggregating working hours for overtime pay calculations across multiple jobs presents significant challenges. Consequently, eliminating this aggregation requirement for overtime pay purposes has been proposed, while maintaining it for health management purposes. Based on the Industrial Safety and Health Act provisions, when a worker’s total hours across multiple jobs exceed certain thresholds, the primary employer should be obligated to implement health protection measures. Through multifaceted discussions, the symposium emphasized the importance of working time management and health protection measures in multiple job settings.
