Québec solidaire pledged to double the number of weeks of paid leave per year for workers during its national council meeting on Saturday.
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“It is time that we get out of the old vision of the economy, the one where we thought that prosperity was achieved by the exhaustion of employees. We are due for a new vision, where economy rhymes with quality of life, ”explained spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois at a press conference.
Studies have shown that rest has positive effects on productivity. “According to a 2014 study, for every 10 hours of vacation employees take, their performance increases by 8%. The measure should also have positive effects on the rates of absenteeism and presenteeism, “said Québec solidaire in a press release.
The political party is committed to offering a minimum of 4 weeks of vacation per year to all workers, after having accumulated one year of seniority.
“The burnout of workers is a scourge in Quebec society and it is very expensive for businesses: $ 3.5 billion a year,” lamented the economist and professor at the University of Quebec in Outaouais, Mathieu Dufour, solidarity candidate in Hull.