Toyota says labor officials found it responsible for worker suicide丰田称劳工官员发现该公司对工人自杀负有责任

原标题：Toyota says labor officials found it responsible for worker suicide丰田称劳工官员发现该公司对工人自杀负有责任 来源：StreetInsider

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> on Tuesday said Japanese labor officials have found it responsible for the suicide of an employee, with the Mainichi Shimbun reporting that workplace bullying at the automaker had led to the employee's death.

The news comes as a shrinking workforce and changing values about work-life balance in Japan have meant companies are increasingly found responsible for workplace-related suicide.

Toyota City's labor standards officials had been investigating the 2017 suicide of a Toyota Motor employee, a spokesman at the automaker confirmed to Reuters.

"It's true that the labor authority determined it was a workplace injury, but we cannot comment further as discussions between representatives are ongoing," the spokesman said.

Daily newspaper Mainichi Shimbun, which was the first to report the officials' conclusion, said that the employee's supervisor had called him an "idiot" said he was "better dead".

The worker committed suicide in a company dormitory at the age of 28, the newspaper reported. The worker's family plans to sue the automaker, the newspaper said.

Labor officials declined to confirm their decision to Reuters, saying they could not comment on individual cases.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been pushing to improve workplace practices in favor of workers' rights, with issues such as parental leave increasingly in the spotlight.

(Reporting by Takashi Umekawa; Editing by Ritsuko Ando and Christopher Cushing)

东京(路透社)--丰田汽车公司(Toyota Motor Corp)周二表示，日本劳工官员发现该公司对一名员工自杀负有责任，“每日新闻”(Mainichi Shimbun)报道称，该公司工作场所的欺凌行为导致该员工死亡。

这一消息传出之际，日本劳动力减少，有关工作与生活平衡的价值观发生变化，这意味着越来越多的公司被发现对与工作场所有关的自杀负有责任。

丰田汽车公司的一位发言人向路透社证实，丰田市的劳工标准官员一直在调查2017年丰田汽车公司一名员工的自杀事件。

这位发言人说：“确实，劳工当局确定这是一起工作场所伤害，但我们不能进一步置评，因为代表之间的讨论正在进行中。”

最先报道官员结论的日报“每日新闻”(Mainichi Shimbun)表示，这名员工的主管称他为“白痴”，说他“死了更好”。

据该报报道，这名工人28岁时在公司宿舍自杀。该报称，这名工人的家人计划起诉这家汽车制造商。

劳工官员拒绝向路透社证实他们的决定，称他们不能对个别案件发表评论。

日本首相安倍晋三(Shinzo Abe)一直在推动改善工作场所做法，以有利于工人的权利，育儿假等问题越来越受到关注。

(Umekawa Takashi报道；Ritsuko Ando和Christopher Cush编辑)