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Giving non-smokers a break
Do the maths. (UK)hier: Rechne es dir / Rechnen Sie es sich selbst aus!Do the maths. A typical cigarette breakZigarettenpausecigarette break lasts 15 minutes. A smoker takes four smoke breaks a day and works 223 nine-hour days a year. How many days does the person spend smoking at work every year? Need help? The answer is nearly 25 days. Many non-smoking workers think it is unfair that smokers get extra break time. At a Japanese marketing firm called Piala Inc. (Incorporated) (US)etwa: AGInc., one of the non-smoking employees put a message in the company’s suggestion box, complaining about the problem. “Our CEO (chief executive officer)Geschäftsführer(in)CEO saw the comment and agreed, so we are giving non-smokers some extra time offhier: freie Zeittime off to compensate,” Hirotaka Matsushima, a spokesmanSprecherspokesman for the company, told The Telegraph. Non-smoking employees can now take an extra six days of paid leavebezahlter Urlaubpaid leave every year. Matsushima, a non-smoker, has taken advantage of the new policy. He used the extra days to visit a spa with his family.