{"id":257228,"date":"2026-01-29T06:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T06:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/257228\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T06:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T06:52:07","slug":"should-workplaces-offer-heartbreak-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/257228\/","title":{"rendered":"Should workplaces offer heartbreak leave?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One notable case of needing time off during separation was when Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took a personal day off from official duties in October 2025 after the announcement of her separation from her partner of 10 years. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry to not be with you in person, but I, too, am human,&#8221; Meloni <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2023\/oct\/25\/giorgia-meloni-heartbreak-leave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a video link<\/a> at the Brothers of Italy conference in 2023. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Should employers offer heartbreak leave? \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These experiences underscore the need for employers to give employees the space <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcamag.com\/us\/news\/general\/relationship-risk-more-than-broken-hearts-at-stake\/155678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to grieve over heartbreak<\/a>, according to reports. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Recognising and addressing these impacts proactively allows managers to support staff before challenges escalate,&#8221; Zety&#8217;s report reads. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Courtney Boyer, relationship and sexuality expert and certified life coach, said workplaces would do well to accommodate employees experiencing heartbreak. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One notable case of needing time off during separation was when Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[72919,148282,1144,111,43,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-257228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-heartbreak","9":"tag-heartbreak-leave","10":"tag-human-resources","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}