Tag: vacation
The Workers Who Can’t Commit to a Vacation – WSJ
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SAP SuccessFactors Time Off – Vacation leave for Sweden Country
SAP Success Factors has come up with a very effective, easy to configure and maintain cloud solution i.e EC Time Off. TIME OFF as the name suggests, is related to booking “time off” for an employee. The entire procedure – from booking the time, to getting it approved and reporting the time absence – is well catered through the single Time Off solution. SF…
Taking a Vacation from My Vacation!
I’ve got three sons, for years we would plan and save to take a big annual vacation with our kids. Places like Disney, and national monuments, and beaches. All the work to get ready for it, all the excitement, all the letdown! I should have saved all of that money for when they were older and then just left them at home to fend…
How One Company Is Making Independence Day an All Week Vacation For Everyone
Since the early days of Henry Ford and assembly lines that helped establish the 40 hour work week, the majority of American workers have been diligently earning their wages through the typical nine to five grind.
Using a Vacation Day Is Not Discipline
I’m gonna let you in on a little secret — an easy-peasy way to accommodate an employee who needs a day off from work as a religious accommodation…
Is Unlimited PTO Just a Scam Not to Pay Out Accrued Vacation and Sick Time?
Yeah, I said it. In my darkest moments, I’m a bit of a skeptic. And I think unlimited PTO might just be a scam to not pay out accrued vacation and sick time. With me? Against me? As with most things, the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. Here’s 5 things I know about vacation/sick time and the connection to the concept of…
The CEO Who Pays His Employees to Vacation
This series profiles 8 people whose ideas have the power to transform the workplace. Several are company leaders who have put their ideas into practice. Others are thought leaders influencing the way we work. Each new part will post on Tuesdays. This series originally appeared on the OpenWork blog.
5 Signs It’s Time For Your HR Vacation
OK gang—you have just a few days left to take off for your “Holiday” vacation. If I know you, the overachiever you are, I bet you didn’t take enough vacation time throughout 2017 and were forced to take that “use-or-lose” time. To make sure you actually take time off in 2017, here are some telltale signs it is time to turn off the laptop, lock…
How U.S. Employee Benefits Compare To Europe’s
Unsurprisingly, Americans aren’t the beneficiaries of generous paid leave, vacation, or unemployment policies.
12 signs you desperately need a vacation from work
Despite a seemingly endless stream of articles warning of the perils associated with overworking, many people still choose to forgo vacations. In fact, a 2015 survey from Glassdoor found that US employees only use half (51%) of their eligible paid …
Paralyzed by Choice: When Unlimited Vacation Becomes Too Much Vacation
Unlimited paid vacation sounds like an amazing perk. Just think — you could take a three month cruise around the world and get paid for it, right?
If Playboy Can Give Up Nudity, You Can Toss An Outdated Vacation Policy
“I only read it for the articles” may soon be true for Playboy fans! Playboy has officially announced it will be PG-13 as of 2016 and no longer print nude pictures of women. As CNN reports: “This isn’t a story about nudity; it’s a story about disruption and innovation. Times, tastes and technology have changed everything. Even at 89, Hugh Hefner understands a simple…
LinkedIn Now Offering Employees 'Unlimited' Vacation Time
LinkedIn is the latest employer to offer what's known as "discretionary time off," or "DTO" in corporate HR-speak. Starting on Nov. 1, the job networking site's approximately 6,000 U.S. employees will be able to take as much time off as they want every …
Too good to be true? LinkedIn becomes latest to offer unlimited vacation days
LinkedIn joins several other well-known companies that adopted a DTO policy, including Netflix, Virgin and Groupon. Douglas Merrill, chief executive and founder of ZestFinance, said the company has always given employees unlimited vacation. "If we were …
LinkedIn switching to 'discretionary' vacation policy
Under the new policy, LinkedIn employees will face "no set minimum or maximum amount of vacation time," Wadors wrote. "We are not alone in making this shift to DTO. It's part of a growing movement to place more focus on results and empowerment, not …