A Japanese employee was fined more than Rs 9 lakh for smoking more than 4,500 times in 14 years. wait, what?
Smoking is harmful to health, but it is still widely smoked around the world. In India, nearly 267 million adults are tobacco users, World Health Organization recommendations. Taking a break during working hours is a habit most employees follow in the workplace. Cigarettes, chai tea and schmoozing with our co-workers are a form of respite, especially during long, exhausting hours. In Japan, however, smoking time can hurt your salary.
We tell you how. Recently, a Japanese employee smoked more than 4500 times in 14 years at his workplace. The employee had to pay a heavy price for indulging in smoking during working hours.
according to The Straits Times reported on Monday that the 61-year-old senior civil servant was allegedly sentenced to Over Rs 9 lakh Smoke break.The employee, who works for the finance department in Osaka Prefecture, was fined along with two colleagues and will receive 10% pay cut for six months for repeated smoking during working hours. All of them received multiple warnings from their supervisors before the punishment, the report showed.
The employees were initially surveyed last September after human resources found out about their smoking habit at work. However, they did not take the warnings seriously and lied about how long they smoked in a follow-up interview in December, it added.
According to the portal, The 61-year-old smoked 4,512 times in 355 hours and 19 minutes, allegedly breaching a “duty of loyalty” under the Local Public Services Act. he was asked to return 1.44 million yen (approximately Rs. 8,93,488) Take a pay cut from salary and his discipline.
Osaka has strict no-smoking regulations in government places.according to Japan Travel, April 2020 A new law banning indoor smoking in restaurants, hotels and offices goes into effect nationwide. According to the website, the rules state that if there is a sign that reads “Designated Heated Tobacco Smoking Room,” guests over the age of 20 can enter and smoke heated tobacco. It strictly forbids anything other than cigarettes or heated tobacco.
Do you smoke a break?
