A court in Japan posthumously returned 45 cents to a train driver after he withheld money from his payroll for causing a one-minute delay in 2020.
Okayama District Court on Tuesday ordered the West Japan Railway Co. ordered to pay the Train operatorwho demanded 2.2 million yen (about $17,065) in compensation for emotional distress in March 2021.
The train driver, who was in his 50s, died of an illness earlier this year.
In June 2020, the driver was reportedly waiting for an empty train on the wrong platform, resulting in a two-minute delay. West Japan Railway Co. then deducted 85 yen (about 66 cents) from the driver’s payroll. However, the company cut it to a minute’s delay after the Okayama labor standards inspectorate got involved and withdrew 45 cents instead.
The operator then tried West Japan Railway Co. in March 2021. sue, but failed.
Judge Hisanori Okuno ruled on Tuesday that the train driver would be compensated posthumously, after concluding that the man immediately recognized his mistake and rectified it. Okuno stated that if an employee spends his work hours correcting an error related to a task, he should still be paid for services rendered.
In March, West Japan Railway Co. review their policy in which errors caused by a train delay constitute a reduction in wages and count as time not worked. The company added that they were planning the review before the lawsuit took place and “sincerely accepts the ruling”.
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