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※ 引述《rin0sin (123)》之銘言：
: 1.完整新聞標題/內文:
: Battling Taiwan's culture of overwork
: Employees in Taiwan work some of the longest hours in the world. CNN's Paula
: Hancocks reports on the culture of overwork

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: (CNN) For the past six years, Guo Chi-mei has struggled to get out of bed on
: his own. The 40-year-old suffered a stroke in 2006 and can only take a few
: unaided steps to his wheelchair before his blood pressure rises to a
: dangerous level.

郭其昧，過去的六年裡，努力地想擺脫自己的病榻。40歲的他在2006年中風，在他的血

壓升到危險的程度之前，她只能做幾個不需幫忙的步驟從床上移到輪椅。

: Last year the government ruled that the stroke was because of overwork but
: his company is legally challenging the decision.

在去年，政府裁定他的中風是因為過度勞累所引起。但他的公司卻利用合法手段申訴此

裁決。

: “The last six months before my stroke, I was working 18 hours a day and
: sleeping just four,” says Guo. His company had claimed $50,000 was missing
: from the account he was handling, and allege stealing. Guo denies the
: accusation and before his stroke was working overtime to investigate the
: missing money.

"我的中風前6個月前，我每天工作18個小時，只睡四小時"　郭說。

他的公司聲稱有５００００元從他經手的帳戶遺失了，並堅稱是他偷的。郭否認這個指控

，且在中風前，他就是因為要調查這件金錢遺失案而加班。

: “Just after 8am one day, I suddenly passed out. My colleagues carried me to
: a meeting room and left me there,” says Guo.

＂某天早上8點過後，我突然昏倒。我的同事帶我到一間會議室，把我留在那。＂郭說

: “The company waited three hours before they took me to the hospital, by the
: time I got there I had heavy bleeding on my brain and doctors said my
: condition had become so bad it was inoperable.”

 “公司的人們等了三個小時，才帶我去醫院。到了醫院，我的大腦大量出血。醫生
 說病情變得如此糟糕，並不適合做手術。”

: Guo’s case is sadly not unique and some cases of overwork in Taiwan have
: even been fatal. In 2011, 50 workers’ deaths were blamed on excessive
: working hours, according to Taiwan’s Council of Labor Affairs (CLA).

可惜郭的情況並不是個案。在台灣的某些過勞案例甚至是因此致命的。

根據台灣行政院勞工委員會（CLA）的資料，２０１１年，有５０名工人因為超時工作而

死亡。

: Hard work has long been ingrained in Taiwanese society, but only recently
: have officials begun to acknowledge that overwork exists.

 辛勤工作的理念，長期深植於台灣社會，但直到最近有關當局才開始意識到過勞的存在。

: By law workers are not allowed to do more than 46 hours of overtime each
: month and companies are fined for violating these rules.

根據法律規定，每個月勞工不許加班超過46個小時，對於違反這些規則的公司企業將會

被處以罰款。


: The annual working hours for Taiwanese employees eclipses many industrialized
: nations, according to figures from the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) and the
: OECD. On average, the Taiwanese work 2,200 hours annually; 20% more than
: their counterparts in the United States or Japan and more than 35% longer
: than those in Germany.

根據行政院勞工委員會和經濟合作與發展組織的圖表，台灣勞工每年的工時讓其他工業

化國家相形失色。平均而言，台灣每年工作2200小時，比起美國或日本這些同類型的國家

，多了２０％，比起德國，更多了３５％。

: Earlier this year healthcare professionals took to the streets to protest
: what they call a sweatshop health system claiming overwork puts their
: patients in danger.

年初，醫療人士走上街頭，抗議他們所謂的血汗醫院，聲稱過度勞累使他們的患者處於危

險中。

: The government of Taiwan has reacted to a growing public outcry over the
: dangers of overwork and is trying to improve the work culture in the country,
: subsidizing health facilities specializing in occupational health.

 台灣政府對於民眾因過勞的危險性日漸增加的強烈抗議作出回應，並試圖改善國內的職

場文化，資助醫療院所設置專責的職業健康單位。

: Dr. Guo Yue-Leon holds a free open clinic every Wednesday morning in Taipei’
: s biggest public hospital specifically for occupational disease. He has
: noticed a marked increase in patients.

郭醫師在台北最大的公立醫院，每個禮拜三早上開立了一個免費門診，為職業傷害做治療

。他已經注意到患者有明顯地增加。

: “Not because the number are increasing,” he says, “but the people are more
: recognizing the condition so those who have a heart attack or a stroke, he or
: she realizes that working too hard might have caused the problem.”

“並非因為勞傷人數增加”他說，“而是人們得知當他們工作太過勞累，有可能造成心臟

或中風這些問題。”
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: 2.新聞連結:
: http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/02/battling-taiwans-culture-of-overwork/
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