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Employee Leave: Setting Your PTO Policy

BerniePortal

*This blog is adapted from the HR Party of One episode, Employee Leave: Setting Your PTO Policy which you can view below. Paid time off is a topic that can be tricky to manage. How do you create a PTO policy that’s fair? PTO evolved pretty substantially over about a hundred year period. The History of PTO.

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3 Reasons to Boost Your Employee Benefits Offerings in 2020

Achievers

Naturally, most businesses can’t afford the king suite of benefits—unlimited PTO, free insurance, etc. Given the choice between working somewhere with great benefits and somewhere with the bare minimum, anyone would choose the business with more PTO. Ten years ago, that wasn’t a problem. Do you have any thoughts on this article?

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Examples of fringe benefits by category

Business Management Daily

In this blog, we’ll talk about different types of fringe benefits and how employers can make the most of what’s available. Employers can set themselves apart by offering more PTO and more opportunities for PTO. Employees today expect more, and attracting the best will depend on offering the right perks.

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What Are Employee Benefits?

Abel HR

Since there’s no definitive leave law to mandate all organizations, companies can choose to have a paid or unpaid leave approach. In some cases, there’s the paid time off (PTO) approach where employees can take their leave, regardless if it’s a sick leave, holiday leave, etc.

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HR News: Encouraging Employee Time Off

eni

Many employers are responding to this employee burnout by creating vacation-friendly policies. A common trend across industries is PTO (Paid Time Off) hour banks which combine sick leave, personal time and paid vacation hours into one bank that employees can access whenever needed.

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8 Steps to Better Employee Performance and Productivity at Work

Achievers

Beyond obvious incentives like bonuses, extra PTO, and raises, think about more creative options, such as donating to charities in employees’ names or giving employees a day off each quarter to volunteer. Celebrating big milestones with experiences like concerts or paid vacations can be huge motivators as well.

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Tips to make the holiday season less stressful

PeopleStrategy

days of vacation each year up until 2000. After the new millennium began, vacation time began dropping, settling at just 16.2 Employees often stress about taking paid vacation time – especially during the winter holidays. Make it easy for employees to log holiday PTO time. days in 2015.

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