But I don't think I would take time off if I'd just broken up with someone."
Lee Cooper, 19, of Hunter's Road, Spital Tongues, Newcastle, a business management student at Newcastle University, said: "I would never take time off work because I'd just broken up with someone ( it would be too embarrassing."
"Whilst this is understandable, it is important that small business owners
take time off to recharge their batteries just like anybody else."
Do employees have a right to take time off work for public duties?
Yes, most employees have a statutory right to take time off work for certain public duties.
The fear was leading to "presenteeism" where sick people are too scared to
take time off when ill.
Senior managers were most likely to
take time off to recover from an emotional split, the research showed.
Yesterday, Peugeot said there would not be an opportunity for its Ryton workforce to
take time off to watch the match but it would be broadcast over the factory's radio system.
But spokesman for the Chester and North Wales branch of the Federation of Small Businesses, Neil Taylor, said small firms have also been making arrangements to allow staff to
take time off.