By KAZUTAKA KAMIZAWA/ Staff Writer
December 11, 2019 at 17:55 JST
Fumihiko Nagamatsu, president of Seven-Eleven Japan Co., apologizes the company’s failure to make proper overtime payments to part-time workers at its franchisees during a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 10. (Reina Kitamura)
Embattled Seven-Eleven Japan Co. disclosed Dec. 10 that it withheld 490 million yen ($4.5 million) in overtime payments to more than 30,000 part-time workers since 2012. [Read More]
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