Recently, a female employee (45-year-old Sadaf Fatima) working at HDFC Bank in Lucknow died due to work pressure. Earlier, a young CA working at 'Ernst & Young' in Pune, 26-year-old Ana Sebastian Perayil, died due to work pressure. Both these incidents have once again sparked a debate in India about working hours and work-life balance.
In just 4 months of the job, Ana Sebastian of Pune was burdened with so much work that she died. At the same time, Fatima, who worked at HDFC Bank, fell while sitting on a chair and never got up. In such a situation, the question arises whether the figures for occupational deaths in India will increase further in the coming days.
After the death of Ana and Fatima, a round of debates and discussions has started in the country regarding work pressure. Along with political parties, top doctors have also warned the government. According to doctors, the trend of overwork is very common in India.
In India, in recent times, many cases of death due to work pressure have come to light on office and factory employees. Research has revealed that most of the deaths of young people have happened due to workload, doctors call it occupational death. These deaths have happened while working. They should be treated as work-related deaths and they should get compensation. In the coming days, if India becomes a developed country, then such incidents will increase in companies and factories. Therefore, the Indian government should immediately bring a law for this.
First occupational death in Japan
The first such death happened in Japan, in the year 1969, a 29-year-old boy died while working in the shipping department of a newspaper in Japan. After the boy died, his wife asked for compensation from the company. When the company did not give compensation, an association was formed for this. Gradually many more people came forward, after which this demand started being raised in Western countries as well. After this, a Death Due to Over Work Association was formed.
Later WHO also accepted that more than 60 lakh people die every year in the world due to long working hours. Even if a person commits suicide due to death due to overwork, his family members now get compensation in Japan.
(PC: Freepik)
