Workplace Wellbeing: Why a two-week holiday isn't enough for your physical or mental health

Experts say longer holidays of around a month can be a real opportunity to step away from the stress of the workplace and switch off entirely

A Harvard Medical School study (exa.mn/qtp) found that the stress markers in people’s blood went down after six days in a holiday resort

I lived in Paris for a year or two in my 20s. I remember arriving in the city in the middle of August, only to find that all the locals had left. It’s a tradition in France for people to decamp to the seaside for the month.

It may sound like a pipedream for those of us who consider ourselves lucky to take a two-week break over the summer, but long holidays were once a reality.