Abstract
The main objective of this study was to find out how “Premium Friday” and “Shining Monday” can be helpful in minimizing the employee related issues such Employee Motivation, Turnover, Stress, Absenteeism, Conflict, Awful Performance, and Work Life Balance. Paper is theoretical in nature and concepts have been described by relevant literature. The main outcome of the paper showed that if “Premium Friday” and “Shining Monday” programmes are implemented by management of various concerns in appropriate way, it may produce positive results with regard to employee related issues and it could be effective in eliminating employee problems, which in turn would increase the employee efficiency and productivity.
Highlights
One of the most challenging tasks for the organizations across the globe is related to their employees
“Premium Friday” is a movement to encourage consumer spending advocated by the Japanese government and Japanese business organizations (The Guardian, 2018)
The main objective of this scheme is to reduce its employees’ fear of extra work load, to assist employees to come late on the first Monday on their convenience after lunch hour, to encourage employees for making their work life balance more effective and make employee to enjoy with their families with extra time
Summary
One of the most challenging tasks for the organizations across the globe is related to their employees. In the year 2015 Japan was forced to confront its work culture by the suicide of a young advertising employee who had clocked up more than 100 hours’ overtime in the months before her death and this death was termed as “Karoshi”, or death by overwork (The Guardian, 2018) It is part of the Japanese government's broader plan to encourage companies to cut down on employees’ overtime and get them out of the office earlier while at the same time tackling the persistent problem of “Karoshi”. The main objective of this scheme is to reduce its employees’ fear of extra work load, to assist employees to come late on the first Monday on their convenience after lunch hour, to encourage employees for making their work life balance more effective and make employee to enjoy with their families with extra time
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