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THE LAW OF REST 1

There are two Economics laws that best  explain, the law of Rest. These laws are: The law of Diminishing Returns and The Law of Marginal Utility.

The Law of Rest states that when you work and rest and work again, you produce more than when you work continuously without rest.

The application of this Law of Rest has been manifest in the practice of Bush Fallowing and/ or Shifting Cultivation in Agriculture.

Applied to fair labour practice, it results in the principle of annual vacation for employees. Employees are meant to stop work and rest for 30 minutes after 4 hours of work. This accounts for why employees who work 8 hours a day,, are given 1 hour break in between the 8 hours.

Applied to yearly work, every employee is entitled to a number of weeks vacation every year without negotiation.

In fact in my clime, the law says, an employee shall not accumulate more than two years vacation. Any employee in any organisation where the CEO goes on vacation annually, and does not go on vacation is a danger to himself and the organisation.

The most common and bogus reason given to skip vacation is that the job will suffer in the absence of the employee concerned - What a stupid fallacy.

In my candid opinion, only thieves refuse to proceed on annual vacation. The stealing is in two forms:-

- Such employees may be sitting on a stealing ring which they would not wish the organisation to get to know.

- The employees reduced productivity due to lack of rest, and still collecting full salary.

My position on annual vacation, I have stated somewhere else in this Blog, to the effect that, I shall not work for any organisation that negotiates employees annual vacation on the exigency of work and the importance of the employee to the organisation.

I have not heard or seen any organisation that observes more than a minute's silence for employees who die in active duty. Those who say, they are not stealing from the from the organisation they work for, do not know that they are stealing their future life at the moment. Work Life Balance.

Do not forget that those who fail to Rest will be laid to Rest.

Nest week, I shall share with you my personal experiences as an employee and as a HR Manager.

Comments

  1. Anonymous17 July 2024 at 12:59

    I have seen situations where employee monetize their leave to make more money maybe due to poor remuneration. What is your take on this?

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    1. Sam Obukelihor17 July 2024 at 19:08

      That is the point we are making that the life is more than money. And very importantly, the HR Manager does not know what is he is doing. The HR Manager has not heard of work life balance. Be my guest next week for my personal experience.
      Thanks a billion for your comment.

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  2. Anonymous17 July 2024 at 13:11

    Educative !

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