Employees Receiving 'Sleep Break' in Japan Will Be Encouraged
The cost of insomnia to Japan turned out to be around 775 billion TL per year. Employers in the country, sleepless workers on the grounds that cause more damage, employees' sleep break during the day aims to see as part of the job.
According to the British Guardian newspaper, employers, to encourage employees to sleep during the day, soundproof private rooms are preparing.
The application, which first started in small technology companies, is spreading to more and more companies.
Last year, an IT service provider company Nextbeat prepared two "strategic sleeping rooms" in the center of the capital, Tokyo , one for men and one for women. The insulation of the rooms was made to prevent noise from outside and the beds were placed. It is forbidden to insert electronic devices such as computers and mobile phones in the rooms where tea is brought to sleep.
"Sleeping during the day raises the efficiency of a person up to a good diet and training," said Emiko Sumikawa, a member of Nextbeat's Board of Directors, speaking to the Japanese Kyodo News Agency.
In Japan, a 27-year-old employee had a heart attack and lost his life because he worked so hard (112.5 hours a month). Nextbeat, who wants to restrict the excess working culture in Japan in its companies, also banned its employees from working overtime after 21:00.
Another Japanese firm goes home without overtime and gives a bonus to its uyan sleeping staff at a reasonable hour ".
A company that organizes weddings gives "points" to its employees who sleep more than 6 hours a day. Employees can collect points and make free purchases at the company's canteen. The hours they sleep with an application they install on their mobile phones are measured and they can accumulate points corresponding to 3 thousand 150 TL in a year.
Japanese average daily sleep time is below world average
According to a study in 28 countries, the average sleep of Japanese is 6 hours 35 minutes per day. This is 45 minutes below the international average. Therefore, they become very exhausted during the day.
The average sleep time in Estonia, Canada, Belgium, Austria and the Netherlands is above the world average, while the Finns sleep 7 hours and 45 minutes on average. This helps to increase people's productivity during the day.
The research of health products producer Fuji Ryoki also shows that 92.6 out of 100 Japanese people over the age of 20 "can't get enough sleep."
In companies that are legally prepared to give sleep permits to their employees, tired and sleepless workers began to sleep in their seats, even if their rooms are not yet ready. Employers tolerate these slumber at the desk.
Damage to the country's economy due to insomnia, the government also mobilized. Japan's Ministry of Health, all employees take a comfortable 30-minute sleep break in the afternoon, "because of the personal and professional benefits to the workforce," he said.
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