労働時間

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 労働時間 is read as ろうどうじかん and is a noun for the amount of time a person spends engaged in work or labor.
• Basic usage: Recording time appears in 毎日の労働時間を記録する, while reviewing a policy appears in 長すぎる労働時間を見直す.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Amount of time worked
  • It is not necessarily identical to the entire clock interval from arrival to departure; it denotes time counted as actual work in context.
• Difference from 勤務時間
  • 勤務時間 readily refers to a work schedule or designated hours on duty, while 労働時間 focuses on the duration counted as labor.