Time off for a sick heart

We’ve all been there and we all know what it feels like to suffer from a broken heart. You can’t eat, you can’t sleep and inevitably everything you see and do seems remind of your loss.

 

However, a Japanese company is now taking measures to support its staff should their hearts get broken by offering compassionate leave of up to three days. Of course the ravages of separation may not stop after three days, but it certainly gives you chance to check your mobile for ‘I still love you’ texts, behead old photographs, and start deciding who gets the dog.

 

And it only seems fair that we receive such time off considering birth and bereavement are both recognised rites of passage we endure. And lets face it, we have time off when we are sick- is a broken heart not a sickness?

 

With this in mind the Japanese firm Hime & Company seem to have the right idea. Surely those suffering such trauma will indeed be less efficient at their roles in the workplace. However guys, you’re only allowed one break-up a year, lets not be greedy.