Japanese company rewards non-smoking with extra days off

Nonsmoking employees at a Japanese company have won an extra six days ' rest after complaints made because other smokers were taking numerous pauses during working hours. Following the staff suggestion, the marketing firm Piala has offered her employees no extra days' rest-shaped smokers [...]
Following the staff's suggestion, the marketing firm Piala has offered its employees no extra days in the form of rest since September.
Corporation Planning Director Hirotaka Matsushima, who himself is non-smoking, said the scheme was a highly popular “”.
The company made a decision to reward nonsmoking smokers, for other smokers took numerous brief pauses.
The problem has been exaggerated by the fact that the company is on the 29th floor of the building, and it has to be 15 minutes to get to the smoking area and back to work.
Over 20% of Japanese are smokers, according to World Health Organization data. Smoking is more present among men and generations of old.
Local laws prohibit smoking on the streets and certain areas, but most restaurants and bars still allow it.
However, Japan's powerful tobacco lobby has sharply rejected new anti-smoking laws, Kosovo Press broadcasts.











