{"id":3447,"date":"2009-01-16T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hrresource.com\/articles\/view.php?article_id=1157"},"modified":"2009-01-16T18:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-16T18:25:00","slug":"time-away-from-work-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/squarehr.com\/index.php\/2009\/01\/16\/time-away-from-work-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Away From Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone needs time away from work. Employers who provide time off benefits for their employees are showing them that they truly care for each employee’s well-being. Having a work-life balance is hard to do, but when the employer has an established time away from work policy, such as vacation time, sick time and paid holidays, they are providing a way in which employee’s can take that much needed break away from work. When employers provide paid time off for vacation, sick and holidays, morale and job satisfaction is higher. The time off, as outlined in your policy, can either be time accrued throughout the year or time off given at the beginning of the calendar or fiscal year. One benefit of providing accrued time off for employees is that the time is taken in a little more even and regular fashion versus the employees having all the time-off accruals in their PTO account at the beginning of the year, with the potential for using it up right away.
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