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"It's just an excuse for people to slack off!"

A Japanese firm is to ban all its employees from smoking during working hours regardless of wheth...

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17.07 22 Mar 2019


"It's just an excuse for people to slack off!"


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A Japanese firm is to ban all its employees from smoking during working hours regardless of whether they're on company premises or not.

Peter Cosgrave future of work expert joins Ivan to discuss if smoke breaks really are an excuse for employee's to slack off and if those who do not smoke work harder. 

 


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