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The sportswear company Nike its office workers a holiday to them de-stress from life's challenges and worries by the COVID-19 pandemic. The clothing giant gave its employees a week-long mental health break. It its offices from August the 23rd to the 30th so that its employees could " additional time off to rest and recover". Nike said it wanted to on helping to combat "burnout". Nike's senior manager of global marketing science Matt Marrazzo said: "Our senior leaders are all a clear message - take the time to unwind, de-stress and time with your loved ones. Do not work." Nike's retail stores still open and store workers are as usual.

Mr Marrazzo said the company was the lead in considering the mental health of its workers. He said: "Taking time for rest and recovery key to performing well and staying sane. This past year has rough. We're all human and through a traumatic event." He added: "I'm hopeful that the empathy and grace we to show our team-mates will a positive impact on the culture of work moving forward." Marrazzo said the week off was "an acknowledgment that we can mental health and still get work ". He said it was important for a company to about its workers. He wrote: "Support your people. It's good business, but it's also the right thing to ."