三菱自社員が過労自殺　残業月１３９時間、労災認定―東京

　三菱自動車工業（東京都港区）の男性社員＝当時（４７）＝が２０１９年に自殺したのは、月１３９時間超の残業による精神疾患が原因だったとして、三田労働基準監督署（同）が労災認定したことが１７日、分かった。代理人の川人博弁護士らが同日、都内で記者会見して明らかにした。認定は５月２８日付。
　川人弁護士によると、男性は１９９３年４月入社。プラグインハイブリッド車などの開発に長年携わったが、１８年１月から経験がない軽自動車の商品企画を担当した。同業他社と共同開発した軽自動車が１９年３月下旬に発売されることが決まり、男性は両社の業務調整や販売店への説明などで多忙になった。
　男性は１９年２月７日、横浜市内の寮の自室で自殺。労基署は直前１カ月の残業時間が１３９時間超で、これが原因となり精神疾患を発症したと認定した。同弁護士は、社外でパソコンを使って働いた記録を含めると、１５３時間を超えると指摘している。（2020/06/17-17:10）

Japanese labor authorities have recognized the 2019 suicide of a Mitsubishi Motors Corp. employee as a work-related death resulting from overtime of over 139 hours per month, an attorney said Wednesday.
   A labor standards inspection office in Tokyo determined on May 28 that the 47-year-old male employee's death was due to a mental health problem he developed as a result of the overwork, lawyer Hiroshi Kawahito said at a press conference.
   According to Kawahito, the employee, who joined the automaker in April 1993, was involved mainly in the development of plug-in hybrid vehicles for years before being assigned in January 2018 to minivehicle product planning, in which he had no experience.
   After the company decided to launch in late March 2019 a new model it developed with another automaker, he became extremely busy coordinating jobs between the two makers and meeting with dealerships to promote the model. He committed suicide in his corporate dormitory room in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 7 the same year.
   The labor standards office in Minato Ward found that the employee worked over 139 hours of overtime in the month before his death. The lawyer said the overtime exceeded 153 hours when the time he worked on a computer outside the office is added.