काम के साथ सेहतमंद रहने की छुट्टी दे रहीं कुछ कंपनियां, क्यों जरूरी है मेंटल वेकेशन

1 in 4 people in the world smokes. Employees working in the corporate sector take breaks for smoking most often due to stress. In such a situation, a Japanese company is giving 6 days extra leave to its employees who are non-smokers so that the smoking employees will stop smoking after seeing them. Everyone is working with stress in the workplace but such holidays can keep the employees healthy. Many strange holidays are being offered in corporates so that their employees remain stress free and do their work happily and with full enthusiasm.

Workload and cigarette connection
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Did a study on smoking for 6 years. It was found that people who work in factories and corporate offices smoke 26.1% more than others. Work stress turns employees into chain smokers. A 10-minute cigarette break gives them relief and nicotine releases a happy hormone called dopamine in their body. That means smoking gives them emotional relief for a few minutes due to which employees get addicted to cigarettes.

People who don’t smoke cigarettes don’t get praise.
Japanese marketing firm Piala gave its non-smoker employees a non-smoker extra vacation as a gift. The company believes that non-smoker employees do not get any appreciation even though they give their full time to the company, taking care of their health. Whereas smoking employees go on cigarette break for 15 minutes every 2-3 hours. In such a situation, the company offered 6 additional holidays to the non-smoker employees so that the cigarette smoking employees would be inspired to quit smoking. Resorting to cigarettes to relieve work stress harms their health.

People become victims of depression due to workload (Image-Canva)

‘Unhappy Leaves’ in China
In April 2024, a Chinese retail chain named Super Market Week announced to give 10 ‘unhappy leaves’ to its employees. The owner of the company asked to give this leave to those employees who are emotionally broken and not happy. The company believes that it is very important for the employees to be happy but if they are unhappy then it affects their work also.

mental health day off
World Health Organization and International Labor Organization According to the study, in 2016, 745000 people said goodbye to the world due to stroke and heart attack due to working for long hours. In 2000, these cases increased to 29%. The study said that working more than 55 hours a week increases the risk of stroke and heart diseases. Due to workload, the mental health of employees is adversely affected. Many employees become victims of depression, loneliness and anxiety. Keeping in view the mental health of the employees, many companies of the world are giving them ‘Mental Health Day’ off while paying them salary. These include companies like Linden, Nike, Netflix, Microsoft, Signal Advisors.

Why is mental vacation important?
Some companies abroad are also offering metal vacations. This vacation is important to maintain mental health. This gives the employees a short break which relieves their stress and increases their productivity at work. Mental vacation includes some activities, tasks and meditation. When mental health improves through mental vacation, the person starts loving his work like before.

Work stress makes some employees victims of eating disorders (Image-Canva)

Menopause leave for older women
Menopause starts in women any time after 40, which lasts for a few years. When menopause starts, the ovaries of women stop working and due to hormonal changes, they have to go through symptoms like mood swings, irritability, sudden sweating i.e. hot flashes, weight gain, depression. This time is not easy for a woman. Understanding this problem of female employees, big companies like Microsoft and Adobe are giving menopause leave. This is paid leave which gives women a chance to take care of themselves. At the same time, some companies also provide the facility of flexible working during this period.

Holidays are necessary for employees
psychiatrist muskan yadav She says that every employee gets 1 holiday in a week but it is not necessary that the person be happy every day. Many times the workload is so much that the person feels burnt out. He just wants to finish his work somehow and run home or go away somewhere. When a person thinks about work every minute, his mental health starts deteriorating. He has no time left for himself nor is he able to give time to his family, due to which depression, anxiety and loneliness surround him. Along with working, it is important to have good mental health, only then a person can give his 100% in work. The mind needs rest, so every employee must take a long leave twice a year and relax for one day every weekend.

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