One company is giving non-smokers the compensation they deserve. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. Join TYT: https://goo.gl/v8E64M
“A Japanese company is granting its non-smoking staff an additional six days of holiday a year to make up for the time off smokers take for cigarette breaks.
Marketing firm Piala Inc introduced the new paid leave allowance in September after non-smokers complained they were working more than their colleagues who smoked.
Hirotaka Matsushima, a spokesman for the company, told The Telegraph: “One of our non-smoking staff put a message in the company suggestion box earlier in the year saying that smoking breaks were causing problems.”
Following the suggestion, the company’s CEO Takao Asuka decided to give non-smoking employees extra time off to compensate, Mr Matsushima added.
The matter has been taken seriously by the Tokyo-based company which is reportedly based on the 29th floor of an office block — making any cigarette break last at least 15 minutes, according to staff.
Mr Asuka hopes the scheme will create an incentive for the company’s staff to quit smoking.”
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Comments
Love Ana, but she is just wrong on this. In the USA there are rules that an employee has so much time for breaks per hours worked. Whether an employee spends that time taking a smoke break, doing personal shopping online, or just checking their Facebook is not the issue. I happen to be a smoker who actually works during my smoke break, yet I see non-smokers at work who are constantly looking at their phones and doing other non-related work stuff. What employees do during the time that the government has indicated is allowable for breaks is up to them. Don’t assume that when a smoker goes for a break and has to spend some of that time trying to find a place they can actually smoke a cigarette, they are not also still working. With today’s technology most people are always connected to their job wherever they go. Maybe I’m the only smoker in the world who actually at least keeps an eye out for what is going on in the office while I’m on a break, but I seriously doubt it. Maybe the people complaining about the smoke breaks should go down and take a lap around the block to clear their heads; sometimes it can actually be beneficial to step away and give thought to something you are working on without the constant interruptions that staying at your desk may bring. Thinking a smoker will quit smoking simply because those who don’t are getting additional benefits is just not realistic, and could in fact be discriminatory. I’m going to concede that I do not know the labor codes that Japan has in place as far as time that employees are allowed for breaks, but in the US, that time is specified and it should not matter if that employee is spending that time smoking or updating their Facebook status. UGH…I could go on, but I will leave it at that.