ブラック企業

ブラック企業

Japanese

Kanji in this term
企	業
き Grade: S	ぎょう Grade: 3

Etymology

ブラック (burakku, “black”) +‎ 企業 (kigyō, “enterprise”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝɾa̠k̚kɯ̟ᵝ kʲiɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

ブラック企業 (hiragana and katakana ブラックきぎょう, rōmaji burakku kigyō)

1. an exploitative firm, an employer that abuses employees, an employer offering poor working conditions
   • 2018 June 5, “Honki de check! Josei o sakushu suru kakure burakku kigyō shindan”, in Elle‎:

     あなたの会社 (かいしゃ)が日本 (にほん)では“マジョリティ”といわれているブラック企業 (きぎょう)なのかどうか、診断 (しんだん)できるチェック項目 (こうもく)を作成 (さくせい)。

     Anata no kaisha ga Nihon de wa “majoriti” to iwareteiru burakku kigyō nano ka dōka, shindan dekiru chekku kōmoku o sakusei.

     Use this checklist to diagnose whether your company is in what is called the “majority” exploitative employers in Japan.

   • 2018 June 28, “‘Burakku kigyō-ka’ no osore seifu ga suishin ‘furīransu’ saitei chingin hoshō naku, chōjikan rōdō mo”, in Mainichi Shimbun‎:

     最低賃金 (さいていちんぎん)の保証 (ほしょう)はなく、労働時間 (ろうどうじかん)の規制 (きせい)も受 (う)けないため「ひとりブラック企業 (きぎょう)化 (か)しやすい」とも言 (い)われる。

     Saitei chingin no hoshō wa naku, rōdō jikan no kisei mo ukenai tame “hitori burakku kigyō-ka shi yasui” to mo iwareru.

     With no guaranteed minimum wage or regulation of work hours, it is said that “It’s easy to become a one-person burakku kigyō.”