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Japanese Company Offers its Employees 'Heartache Leave"

telegraph.co.uk — While birth and marriage are all rites of passage for which employees are allowed time off to recover, a Tokyo-based PR firm has identified another situation that demands a break: the break-up. No matter who's done the dumping, the company's boss says that Hime & Co employees whose personal lives have become fractured can request "heartache leave".

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  • chandan333, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1That's a good Idea.
  • lucidguru, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1As you can see women are clearly dominating the workforce everywhere... the next logical step is "menstruation leave."
  • pixarman, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1I wonder how many times a year I could use that....too many -sniff, sniff
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