Go Easy on the Sushi and Sake This Season, Brokerage Tells Staff
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`80 Percent’ plan says stop eating when you’re that level full
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Aim is to improve workers’ health, keep them from burning out
Daiwa Securities Group Inc. has a message for its staff this holiday season: Go easy on the sushi and sake.
Japan’s second-biggest brokerage is encouraging its 13,600 domestic employees to eat and drink moderately for 30 days from Dec. 14. While most Japanese don’t celebrate Christmas, a period of year-end and new-year parties is in full swing nonetheless.
The move is part of a drive to improve the health and fitness of staff, especially older workers, to boost productivity and keep them from burnout. The Tokyo-based firm in October appointed a chief health officer — a former investment banker who had collapsed and nearly died of overwork until he started on a fitness path eight years ago — to oversee programs that give incentives for employees to exercise and leave work on time…
Go Easy on the Sushi and Sake This Season, Brokerage Tells Staff
