Your job sucks right! Whose doesn’t. We live in a country where only the people who hate their life, loves their job. Because in India, your job won’t let you live your life. May it be IT Industry, marketing or finance. And you can’t even deny the undue advantage being taken of yours. Because if you threaten them to leave the job, 100 candidates are standing right behind you, just waiting to get your seat, just like a Mumbai local. People don’t get public holidays off, they work on weekends and even overtime on weekdays and that too at the regular pay. However, some nations have not been so brutal to the service class people. Today you will be reading about such laws from around the world, that will make you wanna regret you about your job.

  • In Japan, employees are allowed to take a nap during work hours
    Japan, the nation of super-intelligent and hardworking human species. There, falling asleep or taking power naps during work hours is well taken because the employers believe that their employees need rest to work effectively and that their employees are fatigued due to hard work only.
  • In Netherland, the weekend is of 3 days
    People in India are not even getting 1 day weekend sometimes. They are working on unpaid Sundays to survive the neck to neck competition. While Netherland has a 3 day leave on their weekends.
  • Taking reading breaks between work is good in the UAE
    Arabs might have the most peculiar laws when it comes to women safety and democracy. But they do have a soft heart for bibliophiles. It is okay for UAE employers to let their employees take reading breaks between the work. Gaining Knowledge Earning Money.
  • You can take leave in France to set up your own business
    Yes, you can actually take your work off in France if you wish to set up your own business. You can get up to 12 months of unpaid leaves, and if your business doesn’t go quite well as planned, you can come back to your old office. This was initiated by the government to increase entrepreneurial behaviour among citizens.
  • You won’t get fired from your job in Portugal
    Well, there are no termination periods defined in Portugal Labor Law, so there is always a 100% job security. In India, you just have to late a few times to work, to make your boss fire you.
  • You won’t get work-related emails on weekends in France
    French law understands & values people’s personal lives. So they do not send work-related emails on weekends. This keeps people happier to join their work on Mondays.
  • Travel time is treated as work time in European countries
    We get scolded from our bosses every now and then for making it late to office. Even though traffic is responsible for the same. European Court of Justice mandates that the time in which an employee travels to and back from office shall be included in the total working hours.
  • Japan will give you leave to lose that extra inch of waistline
    Japanese companies do an annual medical checkup of their employees and waistline measurement. A 2008 made law of Japan states that the employees (between the age of 40 and 75) whose waistlines exceed a certain limit are given clinical counselling and diet recommendations. They are given leave for any health problem you have. In India, we have a WFH policy. It means you can even WORK FROM HOSPITAL if you are sick or about to die, just in case. 
  • Maternal & Paternal leave benefits in these countries
    In, Bulgaria and Sweden, ladies can take up to 410 maternal leaves for which they even get 90% of their regular salary. Sweden gives 42 leaves with 80% salary to the pregnant ladies. Canada & Britain allow 52 weeks of leave. Further,  In Bulgaria, an additional 1 year of paternal leave paid with a basic salary. The father and grandparents can also seek leave. Though the Government of India has the law of taking leave for pregnant women. Okay, 1 point for India here too.
  • Travel the world, we got your back
    In foreign countries, travelling is given much more importance. Australia allows an employee to get 28 paid leaves for travel-around vacation. Also, many European countries and New Zealand allow 30 to 35 vacation leaves. In Brazil, employees are allowed 41-day leaves per year for vacation.