McDonald's overtime pay

The Title of my article is McDonald's told to pay overtime to manager. It discusses that McDonald's Co. in Japan was demanded to pay huge money to a manager. The manager, Hiroshi Takano, presented an argument to a court because he had often worked over 137 hours a month without being paid. He was seeking around 11 million yen with palimony and unpaid overtime over tow years to McDonald. Then, the court judged McDonald should pay 7.5 million yen ($ 750,000) of overtime pay to a manager. The court recognized that the position of manager of McDonald is not a legally manager defined in the Labor Standards Law because the managers do not have influence on work. However, McDonald is not satisfied of the judgment and is going to appeal to a higher court.

The newspaper article is interesting to me. Now, I am learning about American culture in AC class. This incident expresses Japanese culture. Many people in Japan overwork without being paid. A few workers are just hard workers, but most of workers want to pay in their mind. The workers can't say to their boss what they want to say or complain because of their position or formality. However, Mr. Takano appealed to a court with the thouths that other workers want to pay unpaid overtime. His appealing may make waves in Japan. Also the judgment may influence many managers who work at the similar corporation such as KFC.