Japanese company offers non-smokers six extra days holidays

iomusicdublin · 31-10-2017 4:58pm #1

Non-smokers could be lighting up with joy at the thoughts of an extra six days holidays if an initiative launched by one Japanese company was to win favour here.
Back in September Piala, a marketing firm based in Tokyo, said it would give non-smoking employees an extra six days of paid holidays, to make up for the time taken by their smoking colleagues.
Smoking remains popular in Japan, with more than one in five of the adult population smoking, while the rate is higher among older workers. At Piala, it was estimated that each smoking break took a worker 15 minutes as their office is located on the 29th floor of an office block in the Ebisu district of Tokyo. The company recently indicated that so far, 30 of the company’s employees have taken additional leave since the measure was introduced.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/japanese-company-offers-non-smokers-six-extra-days-holidays-1.3275037

gerard2210 · 31-10-2017 5:15pm

Should take 6 day's holidays off the smokers to make up for the breaks they take.

Billy86 · 31-10-2017 5:16pm

That sounds like a pretty great idea, and I am a smoker! It would also be an additional incentive for people looking to quit.

Fr_Dougal · 31-10-2017 5:17pm

gerard2210 wrote: »

Should take 6 day's holidays off the smokers to make up for the breaks they take.

That’s not very clever.

31-10-2017 5:45pm

That's an utterly wonderful idea. It would also encourage people to give up smoking. Die of cancer or get six extra days off. Pretty obvious choice.

Cue the annoyed smokers

seenitall · 31-10-2017 5:48pm

Haha

the thread is sorting the AH smokers from the non smokers already!

Japanese company offers non-smokers six extra days holidays

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