1. Is it a work-related injury if a worker dies of karoshi? Although there is no provision for karoshi in the relevant laws of our country, many people call for it to be included in the scope of work-related injuries and strengthen the protection for workers. However, in the identification of work-related injuries, some cases of "karoshi" have actually been covered. According to the industrial injury insurance regulations, if a person dies of a sudden illness or dies after being rescued within 48 hours during working hours and jobs, such a situation can be identified as a work-related injury. Sudden illness and death during working hours and at work, which certainly includes "karoshi". Therefore, it is necessary to consider whether "karoshi" is identified as a work-related injury during working hours and jobs. Second, "karoshi", how do family members defend their rights? First of all, family members should strive to identify the "karoshi" of workers as work-related injuries, because once they are identified as work-related injuries, family members can enjoy the corresponding work-related injury insurance benefits through the work-related injury insurance fund. Such as: funeral subsidy, one-time work-related death subsidy, dependent relatives pension, etc. If the employer has not paid work-related injury insurance for the workers, the above-mentioned work-related injury insurance benefits will not be paid by the work-related injury insurance fund, but will be paid by the employer. Secondly, if the worker's "karoshi" cannot be recognized as a work-related injury, the family members can claim the corresponding rights from the employer according to the relevant provisions of the Civil Code. It should be noted that when defending rights, family members need to bear the burden of proof for the reasons that the work task arranged by the employer is too heavy, the workload exceeds the corresponding quota, and the overtime hours of workers are too long, which has greatly exceeded the average working hours of society. Links to related laws and regulations: Article 1194 of the Labor Law: The state practices a working-hour system in which the daily working hours of laborers do not exceed eight hours and the average weekly working hours do not exceed forty-four hours. Article 1198: The employing unit shall reasonably determine the labor quota and piece-rate remuneration standards for laborers who work by piece according to the working hour system stipulated in Article 1194 of this Law. Article 1199 The employing unit shall ensure that its workers have at least one day off every week. Article 122: Due to the needs of production and operation, the employing unit may, after consultation with the trade union and the laborers, extend the working hours, which shall generally not exceed one hour per day; If it is necessary to extend working hours for special reasons, the extension of working hours shall not exceed three hours a day, but shall not exceed thirty-six hours a month under the condition of ensuring the health of workers. According to the definition of work death in the Regulations on Industrial Injury Insurance, the general requirement is that workers suddenly get sick and die or die within 48 hours after being rescued, so such a situation should actually be considered as a case of karoshi, and then it will naturally be given certain treatment according to the relevant provisions of work death.