Should you get PTO for breakups?

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The most upfront leave request of the year, a Gen Z employee emailed his boss asking for 10 days off to recover from a breakup. I recently had a breakup and haven't been able to focus on work. I need a short break, they wrote. In an email that was recently screenshotted and posted to X Entrepreneur and CEO Jasvir Singh shared the unusual candidate request on social media captioning it got the most honest leave application yesterday. Gen Z doesn't do filters. Singh just so happens to be the co founder and CEO of Not Dating a dating app. Coincidence? Whether the email was genuine or a clever PR stunt, it gained nearly 14 million views since it was posted Tuesday. Sparking the debate should heartbreak qualify as a legitimate reason to take time off? Workplaces are generally sympathetic to time off for illness or family emergencies, but when it comes to a messy breakup, that empathy tends to dry up quickly across the U.S. heartbreak leave isn't standard policy. Telling your boss you need a few days because a parent is sick sounds reasonable. Admitting you had a fight with your partner and are currently crashing on a friend's sofa. Not so much often. Workers might take personal days for such events, but there's certainly no widespread PTO policy about breakups. Yet in other countries, the idea isn't as far fetched. In Germany, employees can take leave for Liebeskune, which translates to love grief. Other companies allow for heartbreak leave under the guise of well being days or mental health days. Studies show that our brains register emotional pain in the same way as physical pain, and in some cases it can even lead to broken heart syndrome, which literally affects the heart's ability to pump blood properly around the body. From a boss's perspective, emotionally checked out employees can cost companies just as much as absenteeism. A 2022 University of Minnesota study found that 44% of people going through divorce said it negatively affected their work. Many reported struggling to focus, sleep or control their emotions. That leaves employees either telling white lies to secure the necessary time off to heal or or powering through, likely with regular breaks to sob in the bathroom before returning to their desks swollen eyed and puffy faced. In recent years following the pandemic era trend of more power to the workers, people have pushed more for additional benefits beyond just the ability to work hybrid or remotely. In the US Some states offer bereavement leave for pets, a trend that's gained momentum. Menstrual leave has also entered the conversation, as has gender affirmation leave. Not everyone will want or need heartbreak leave, mind you. Some people prefer to throw themselves into work as a distraction. But acknowledging the end of a relationship as a valid source of suffering could go a long way toward building a more empathetic workplace. As for the Singh's heartbroken employee leave approved without any questions, he confirmed. That's all today from Fast Company. Talk to you tomorrow.

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