Legislation and fewer Annual Vacations

ABSTRACT

As the global competition is increasing, the demand of the labor is increasing as the labor is the most useful and the most valuable asset for the organizations. The rapid need and demand for this useful resource has shortened the tenure for their leisure and the holidays. The following research paper will analyze those aspects of the less annual vacations in the organizations and its consequences in the form of stress on the workers. The research paper will also discuss about the role that legislation can play either to promote it or deny.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACTii

Introduction1

Discussions1

Legislation for Fewer Vacations at Workplace1

Reasons for fewer Holidays2

Work Stress- Impact on Work and the Personal Lives3

Stress Management4

Public Policy4

Conclusions5

References6

Legislation and fewer Annual Vacations

Introduction

The rapid increase in the globalization has increased the demand for the labor. He is considered to be the most needed resource in any firm to achieve their objectives. The technology has reached the heights of computerization and automation, thus, still labor has the same importance and demand as it was present before the innovation of technology. Human labor combines all the factors of production to produce the end product. Therefore, the following research has been conducted to analyze one aspect of it. The statement says, “Would legislation requiring employers to provide 3 week annual vacation is stressful for adults in middle adulthood?” The increased demand for labor has reduced the number of vacations they can have. It has been observed that the consequences are not pleasing in the workers. The middle aged workers are becoming the victims of stress. Thus the research will analyze the role of the legislation in this particular issue.

Discussions

Legislation for Fewer Vacations at Workplace

Americans have increased the number of hours they work in the past 20 to 30 years; precisely the time frame one might hope would have offered increased leisure. Americans have been noted to work more hours each year than Japanese, British, or German workers and on average do not use the paid time off they have available to them. The decision and the implementation of the mechanism has been seen by the support and the approval of the legislation and the government.

There is, however, some consensus that excess work— whether called work addiction or something else—can be a problem, and this extends to a number of developed countries. The above historic highlights for the United States explain a cultural tendency to value hard work. This should not be taken to mean that it is nonexistent or less of a problem in other countries.

Reasons for fewer Holidays

This condition, more common among people, may manifest in different ways and some of the symptoms that characterize it are:

Loss of interest and motivation to carry out any activities

Feeling of exhaustion, fatigue and no energy

Slow and repetitive thoughts- go round and again in the same thoughts, which are generally pessimistic in nature. 

Lack of concentration and creativity, easily distracted from the duties

Anxiety and sadness, where the person becomes irritable and intolerant

Alteration of appetite, often the loss

Sleep disorders,

Difficulty reconcile

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