Unlimited vacation sounds like every employee’s dream come true. But as you’ve probably already heard, there can be some pretty severe hitches when it comes to rolling out these policies.

Microsoft's Redmond, Wash. campus in December 2020 when most employees worked from home. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Unlimited vacation may sound ...

"If there wasn’t a vacation policy before, many organizations have put them in place." Professional services firm EY is one of several companies that expect more of its employees will take a ...

Glassdoor's new list ranks companies with the best vacation and paid-time-off policies based on employee reviews. To qualify for inclusion, each company had to have at least 30 reviews on the ...

Screenshot 2025 04 11 at 9.03.56 AM Company Changes The Vacation Policy So That Employees Have To Use All Of Their Time By The End Of The Year, So One Employe Schedules A Two Week Vacation ...

When you find that employees are abusing an unlimited-vacation policy, your first inclination may be to simply go back to your previous policy. But doing so could result in some backlash.

Employers who want to boost employee performance may want to encourage workers to take a break from working. New research indicates that high-performing employees take more vacation time, suggesting ...

It sounds like a dream, a company with a vacation or paid time off (PTO) policy that doesn't restrict or enforce any rules around the number off days an employee can take off. That's right, take ...

HR Policy on Donating Vacation Days. Employees who encounter challenges such as medical or personal emergencies often are justifiably concerned when they don't have enough paid time off to ...

An alternative to PTO is separate vacation and sick time policies. When there is a separate sick policy, employees can only use sick time for defined reasons which could include time off to look after ...