Dentsu Japan Offices Raided in Probe Over Excessive Overtime
- Investigation comes after employee suicide blamed on overwork
- Company says it will fully cooperate with investigation
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Dentsu Inc. offices were raided Monday by labor ministry officials looking for evidence that the advertising firm’s employees exceeded legal limits on overtime hours, after a worker’s suicide drew national attention to one of the country’s largest and most prestigious companies.
Dentsu will cooperate fully with the probe, Shusaku Kannan, a spokesman for Japan’s biggest ad agency, said by phone Monday. The government will pursue a criminal complaint if it finds evidence the company violated laws related to overtime hours, said a labor ministry official, who asked not to be identified per internal policy.