Study of Legal Regulations on the New Trend of Development Of "karoshi" 

Baogui CHEN 

Ph.D. Candidate of Civil, Commercial and Economic Law School, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, CHINA 

Abstract: In recent years, there are numerous cases of "karoshi" in China, which involves wide groups and shows the trend of intellectuals as the main part and rejuvenation. Because of China’s existing law does not establish the legal concept of "karoshi", and the lack of appropriate legislative norms, so that the legitimate rights and interests of workers can not be effectively protected. Therefore, from the perspective of legal concept of "karoshi" and the present characteristics, this thesis analyzes and defines the causing reasons and its legal nature, and put forward legislative proposals on the legal regulation of "karoshi". 

Keywords: Karoshi; Rejuvenation; Concurrence Injury Infringement; Legal Regulations