As an employee, your position and security within your company totally depends on a number of factors like your reputation, your work ethic, even if the boss likes you as a person or not.
Because so many employees are dedicated to their place of work, and so many owners and corporations are dedicated to keeping their employees happy, productive, and contributing to the bottom line, many different types of incentive packages are being added to the mix.
These include programs beyond health insurance and health savings accounts and moving into employee stock ownership plans, paternity leave, and the latest, "heartache leave" which businesses like the Tokyo-based Hime & Company use to "allow staff to cry themselves out and return to work refreshed."
Sick leave is often used by employees to coverdays when someone just is not feeling like they're able to come into the office (this is why many larger companies are investing in gyms, physical fitness, and health and wellness programs to boost employees' attitude and energy levels). However, if someone is bereaved, totally unhappy, or has their mind a million miles away, they probably won't be effective in the workplace.
All workers desire a good balance between their work, their family, their personal needs, and their outside time. If heartache leave allows an employee to stay with a company, remain productive, and find balance, I think it would be a good idea.
Some companies offer other options like flex time, an option to work from home, four-day workweeks, and other ways to work around people's busy schedules.
My sense is that if a worker gets a job done in an efficient manner, in the time allotted, then that worker deserves good treatment. A worker also deserves rewards, bonuses or commissions based on their ability to contribute to the profit of a company by finding solutions, identifying issues, or fixing broken processes.
This year, what types of employee policies is your company putting into place? If you're self-employed or the owner, I also encourage you to also consider applying policies that you would offer to any employee and make sure to give them to yourself!
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