According to this article in the U.K.'s Workplace Law Magazine: "A company has been fined £30,000 for breaching health and safety legislation as a result of one of its workers dying in a car crash after working 76 hours in four days."
The man had worked four 19 hour days in a row and fell asleep at the wheel on his way home. The company, The Produce Connection, was fined for not monitoring how many hours their employees were working, a breach in the U.K.'s health and safety legislation.
Given the modern American underlying theme of "if you're not working as many hours as you possibly can, you're a slacker and you'll go nowhere" that has invaded our subconscious, it begs the question: Would a company ever be held responsible for overworking an adult employee in the U.S.?
Dharmadee(07/17/2006)
I have noticed that the European sector is more concerned about employee rights over all. What is up with that? We have turned into the "Land of the Over-worked and the home of the SLAVE".
Freedomringer(07/18/2006)
Yes,I am afraid that Americans fell for the bait. Do you remember back in the early 1980's, all the major news network ran some fluff story on how Americans were falling behind the Japanese because they had a better work ethic and blah blah blah? I have a feeling that was a form of mind control issued forth from some evil corporations that wanted more production from their workers. It comes down to the fact that we are all sheep headed towards the great slaughter house. Run for your life and enjoy each minute you have, don't buy into all the propaganda that is filling our airwaves.
The man had worked four 19 hour days in a row and fell asleep at the wheel on his way home. The company, The Produce Connection, was fined for not monitoring how many hours their employees were working, a breach in the U.K.'s health and safety legislation.
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