A Japanese court on Tuesday ordered West Japan Railway Co. to posthumously return ¥56 ($0.45) it had deducted from the pay of one of its train drivers over a one-minute delay in 2020.
While the Okayama District Court ruled that the pay cut by the Okayama branch of JR West was unjustified, it dismissed the man's additional claim for ¥2.2 million in compensation for emotional distress.
Presiding Judge Hisanori Okuno ruled that the time an employee spent correcting mistakes made in relation to tasks assigned by JR West still constituted "labor for performing duties."