'A new movement is gaining popularity in China. It calls for companies to promote public service time for the white-collar workers and award them paid vacation. The goal is to encourage more people to get involved in community activities.
Zhang Yingying, who is the chairman of the Bayer Shanghai Volunteers Association, says that every volunteer will have his or her own notebook where they can have their public service time recorded. If one spends two hours in public service, then he or she can get one hour of paid vocation as a reward.
The maximum paid vocation time will be two days. As of now, almost 100 people have signed up.
A few other big companies have the same system. Volunteers from in several firms can earn up to three days of paid vocation.' http://www.pangeatoday.com/community-service-can-earn-you-paid-vocation-time/?region=asia&orderBy=popular&category=asia
Could this scheme work in our country? Would you consider undertaking voluntary work in return for additional holiday time?
What might this mean for big companies - would it result it a loss of productivity given that workers would be taking time out from work for community work and require additional holiday time or could it actually help make people feel more connected and ultimately be good for business and worker morale?
What do you think?
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It is proposed that workers should be able to earn extra paid holiday time in exchange for community service