[Sad news] The animation company sued without overtime pay, the president is from Ghibli.

The animation production company “STUDIO4 ℃ (Studio is more comfortable)”, saying that it was illegal not to pay overtime due to long working hours because of the “discretionary labor system” that pays wages including overtime. A male (25) employee of Tokyo) filed a lawsuit in Tokyo District Court asking the company to pay a total of about 5.34 million yen, including unpaid overtime pay. The company is headed by an anime producer from Studio Ghibli, and is known for the animated movie “Kid of the Beast” released this year. A man, a labor union, and a lawyer with whom the man joins, announced at a press conference on the 18th. The complaint is dated 10th. During the interview, the man pointed out that long hours of work and unpaid overtime pay are “as common as possible” in the animation and video industry. “Anime production is a very attractive job, but that doesn't mean that it's a good idea to“ exploit ”the field. If the overtime is paid firmly, it should be a deterrent to long working hours.” . According to the complaint, the man joined the company in 2016 as a full-time employee. From the beginning of joining the company to around May this year, he was in charge of sea beast children as a “production progress” that manages the process of animation production, schedules, manning, original pictures and videos. The company claimed to have applied a “specialized discretionary labor system” to men in April 18-19. When this is applied, regardless of the actual working hours, it means that the “deemed time” agreed by the labor and management has been worked, and only wages commensurate with it are paid. Highly specialized work is assumed, and the scope of application is limited. On the other hand, the male side cannot say that the work contents of men are subject to the discretionary labor system, and is obliged to work long hours of up to 100 hours per month. He insisted that he was not a man and that the company did not properly communicate working conditions. He points out that the discretionary labor system is ineffective and there is an unpaid overtime pay for more than two years. According to the complaints, the Mitaka Labor Standards Inspection Office, which investigated the company, did not approve the discretionary labor system before February 19th and issued a correction recommendation to the company in June this year that there was unpaid overtime charges. It has been issued. The man recorded his attendance and work hours on his time card, but the company claimed that he refused to pay overtime due to arguing that "the time stated on the time card is not actual work time." Since no progress has been made in the subsequent negotiations, the man has taken the suit. Eiko Tanaka, who was the line producer of the animated films “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Kiki's Delivery Service” at Studio Ghibli, is the president. The company is known for the animated films “Tekkonkinkreet” and “Berserk Golden Age”, and has worked on a wide range of video works such as TV commercials and music videos. The person in charge of the company stated in the coverage of the Asahi Shimbun that "I don't know the content of the complaint and I can't answer it." Regarding the corrective advice, he said, “I know it, but I ca n’t make an official comment.” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVGbgBy_yo4&w=640&h=360] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVGbgBy_yo4 * Some excerpts from the link below. Continue with the source https://news.livedoor.com/lite/article_detail/17253118/ document.write(” + ”); Related article document.write(” + ”);