Hacker News with Generative AI: Employment Practices

How Japanese black companies oppress workers (2014) (tofugu.com)
If you hear the term "black company", what kind of company do you imagine? As we all know, black is the darkest color, so if you pictured an evil company with a dark side then you would be on the right track. A black company (aka "black corporation" or "black business") is buraku kigyō ブラック() 企業(きぎょう) in Japanese. In general, it is a term used to refer to an unacceptably exploitative employment system.
What to do if you catch your staff on a quiet vacation, according to an HR exec (businessinsider.com)
"Quiet vacationing" — employees secretly taking time off or using tools to circumvent monitoring software — is rising.