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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. Health Benefits.

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Exploring Medical Leave Laws in America: What You Need to Know

HR Digest

Many European countries also offer paid parental leave and paid sick leave. In Canada, employees are entitled to a minimum of two weeks of paid vacation per year, as well as paid sick leave and maternity/parental leave.

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17 Essential Employee Benefits Ideas to Boost Morale and Productivity

Empuls

Here are some ideas for time off and flexible work arrangements: Paid time off (PTO) : PTO is a standard benefit offered by many employers, allowing employees to take time off for vacations, personal days, and other reasons without losing pay.

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How to Turn a New Company Policy from Negative to Positive

HR Bartender

We were offering new employees three weeks of paid vacation, which is comparable to what local companies with which we compete for talent were offering. From the beginning, we decided not to try to profit from abandoning a vacation accrual system. They viewed their vacation accrual as a sort of savings account.

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What employees expect from benefits packages

Business Management Daily

Likewise, paid vacation days offer the opportunity for workers to recharge. Many organizations no longer distinguish between sick days and vacation days. Rather, their employee benefits package puts them together under PTO (paid time off). Generous parental leave policies.

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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. Some paid parental leave. Ten years ago, that wasn’t a problem.

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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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