Back نظام ساعات العمل 996 Arabic ༩༩༦ལས་ཀའི་ལམ་ལུགས་ Tibetan 996 gĕ̤ng-cáuk-cié CDO Systém 996 Czech 996 (Arbeitswoche) German Σύστημα ωρών εργασίας 996 Greek 996 laborhora sistemo Esperanto 996 (työkulttuuri) Finnish 996 (rythme de travail) French לוח משמרות 996 HE
 | This article is missing information about background on other (especially non-tech) overwork cultures in China; legitimized "special work hour" system in Shenzhen. (July 2021) |
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The 996 working hour system (Chinese: 996工作制) is a work schedule practiced illegally by some companies in China. It derives its name from its requirement that employees work from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, 6 days per week; i.e. 72 hours per week, 12 hours per day.[1][2][3][4][5][6] A number of Mainland Chinese internet and tech companies have adopted this system as their official or de-facto work schedule. Critics argue that the 996 working hour system is a violation of the Labour Law of the People's Republic of China and have called it "modern slavery".[7][8]
In March 2019, an "anti-996" protest was launched via GitHub.[9][10][11] Since then, the 996 issue has been met with growing discontent in China.[12][13][14]
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