コロナ対応、過重労働対策を　医療現場など―過労死大綱改定案・厚労省

　厚生労働省は２５日、過労死を防ぐための対策を取りまとめた「過労死等防止対策大綱」の改定案を公表した。改定案では、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大で人手不足となった医療現場などで、「過重労働によって過労死などが発生しないよう対策を一層推進する」と明記。長時間労働の削減を促進する方針を盛り込んだ。
　大綱は３年ごとに改定。過労死した労働者の遺族や労使でつくる協議会が２５日、見直し案を大筋で了承した。７月の閣議決定を目指す。（2021/05/25-18:31）

Japan's labor ministry said Tuesday it will take further steps to prevent overwork among medical and other essential workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
   The ministry said that it will promote measures, including a reduction in long working hours in places facing labor shortages due to the pandemic.
   The pledge was included in a draft of an updated plan that spells out measures to prevent deaths from overwork.
   The plan is updated every three years. On Tuesday, a panel that includes bereaved family members of those who died from overwork and labor union members approved the draft. The government aims to adopt the updated plan in July.
   Panel members have sought to address the situation in which essential workers in the medical, elderly care, delivery and retail sectors are being forced to work excessively.