Love Sometimes Stinks. When it Does, Should You Get the Day Off?

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Steve Boese

Co-Founder and Chief Data Officer of H3 HR Advisors and Program Chair, HR Technology Conference

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Love can lift us up. It can also knock us flat. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, Steve looks at whether employees should be able to call in heartbroken. A new report from Zety reveals how breakups affect performance at work and why more people are asking employers for time to recover. Is this unrealistic, or simply what caring workplaces do?

 

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February 13, 2026

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