PTO

Being in the position of approving vacation requests can feel a bit like being in the business of granting wishes. Your employees dream of taking time off, and you want to grant their request. But so often, they don’t make it easy. As a result, dealing with time off requests likely isn’t your favorite part […]

Managing employee time off probably isn’t your favorite part of your job. And it may be unrealistic to think that it ever will be. But a solid PTO policy can make it easier and less time-consuming. If you don’t have a formal PTO policy today – or if the one you have could use some

Your human resources responsibilities are many. Not only do you oversee hiring and training new employees, but you’re also responsible for managing employee requests for vacation, and those always seem to come in at the worst times. Balancing your HR tasks certainly isn’t easy, but you may be making it harder than necessary. Here are

These are incredibly challenging times for your business and your people. People are working from home, schedules are virtually non-existent, vacations have been ruined, and everything is in a state of flux. Worst of all, some people are very, very sick.  As an HR leader, maintaining up-to-date time-off information may be at the bottom of

There are many reasons why you might consider transitioning to an unlimited time off policy. Doing so can improve employee retention, reduce your financial liability, create a better work-life balance and make happier employees. In fact, 69% of professionals say that they would be more likely to take a new job if the company offered unlimited PTO. Worried

You may be among the companies still operating under a traditional time-off policy, offering a set number of vacation days and a separate allotment of sick days to your employees. But many companies have made the switch to general paid time off, or PTO, which combines sick time and vacation time in a single policy.