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Dead Euphemistic: Croak [7] To die Slang: Crossed the Jordan Died Biblical/Revivalist The deceased has entered the Promised Land (i.e. Heaven) Curtains Death Theatrical The final curtain at a dramatic performance Dead as a dodo [2] Dead Informal The 'dodo', flightless bird from the island of Mauritius hunted to extinction Dead as a doornail [1]
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Pahar/pehar/peher is derived from Sanskrit word prahar which is an ancient unit of time in India. The word pahar/peher has the same root as the Hindustani word pehra (meaning "to stand guard") and pehredar (literally "guard/watchman"). [2] It literally means a "watch" (i.e. period of guard-duty).
A "No More Karoshi" protest in Tokyo, 2018 Deaths due to long working hours per 100,000 people in 2016 (15+) Average annual hours actually worked per worker in OECD countries from 1970 to 2020 Karoshi ( Japanese : 過労死 , Hepburn : Karōshi ) , which can be translated into "overwork death", is a Japanese term relating to occupation-related ...
Dies non is a part of the Latin phrase literally meaning "a day when courts do not sit or carry on business". [1] Dies non juridicum is the full Latin phrase literally meaning "Day without judiciary. [2] The expression dies non (juridicus) was used for defining a day which is not a (court) day or a day on which no legal business is carried on. [3]
"Under hours" [3] or "involuntary part-time" work, for those who wish to work more hours and/or move from part-time to full-time. By extension, the term is also used in regional planning to describe regions where economic activity rates are unusually low due to a lack of job opportunities, training opportunities, or services like childcare and ...
It suggests an 8-hour work day, a 44-hour standard work week, a 60-hour maximum work week and an overtime pay of 1.5 times the usual pay. [ 65 ] Poon Siu-ping of Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions thought that it is possible to set work hour limit for all industries; and the regulation on working hours can ensure the overtime ...
The six-hour day is a schedule by which the employees or other members of an institution (which may also be, for example, a school) spend six hours contributing. This is in contrast to the widespread eight-hour day , or any other time arrangement.