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Americans aren't taking all of their paid time off from work - Axios

An outsized share of American workers don't take all their available paid time off, according to a Pew Research Center survey out Wednesday ...

Why Do Almost Half of Americans Leave Paid Time Off on the Table?

Summer vacation season is here. But if you're like a surprising number of Americans, you're probably leaving some paid time off on the table ...

Nearly half of American workers don't take all of their PTO

Workers under the age of 50, Parker said, cited concerns that taking more vacation days could hurt their chances of career advancement. 12% of ...

America's Small Businesses Need a National Paid Leave Program

Paid leave is good business, offering lasting rewards to employers, employees, and the economy. But the United States, nearly alone among its ...

Americans Left Out with Lack of Leave - HR Future

The US is the only OECD country without national statutory paid maternity, paternity or parental leave. So parental leave in America really is exceptional— ...

Why is it So Hard to Ask for Time Off? - Sogolytics Blog

In the Allianz Worldwide Partners survey of American's Vacation Confidence, 1 in 10 of the survey respondents said they weren't “confident about a summer ...

Why America Has Become 'The No-Vacation Nation' - Forbes

New research from Kimble Applications (a U.K. based software company) shows that 47% of Americans didn't take all of their vacation time last ...

Why 55% of Americans Are Saying "No" to Time Off in 2022

The problem is that many employees no longer know how to disconnect from work and take time off. The U.S. has a reputation for overwork, as demonstrated by its ...

2023 Work in America Survey - American Psychological Association

One male, full-time employee from the South described the problem with his workplace as follows: ... time off is respected. Those who do office work were almost ...

Americans May Get Paid for More Time Off Work - Newsweek

While the average American employee gets 14 days of PTO after the first year with a company, paid leave is up to the employer's discretion, the ...

Paid Time Off: Why the US Needs to Have a Federal Mandate

Some Employers Offer Paid Time Off as a Benefit to Entice Potential Employees ... But in places where such leave is still not mandated – which is most of the ...

Why the US is one of only a few countries with no paid time off

I think we all agree that paid leave is not considered a fundamental right by the majority of Americans, but why not? I feel confident in saying ...

StateofAmericanVacation2018.pdf - U.S. Travel Association

Work-related challenges had the most influence on Americans' ability to vacation. Employees who were concerned that they would appear less dedicated or even ...

Explainer: Paid and Unpaid Leave Policies in the United States

The share of workers who need FMLA-type leaves far exceeds the share who are actually able to take leave to provide or receive care. In 2018, ...

Americans Widely Support Paid Family and Medical Leave

Most Americans say workers should receive paid leave, but the level of support varies across different situations. Experiences with leave ...

Average PTO In The US & Other PTO Statistics (2024) - Forbes

The average American worker gets 11 days of paid vacation per year. In the private sector, the average number of paid vacation days after five ...

The trouble with vacation time: Why Americans won't take time off

Some companies use an unlimited policy to encourage less vacation time by using the policy to make everyone more “accountable,” Meyer writes.

Vacation Guilt: America vs. Europe PTO - New View Strategies

Surprisingly, both Americans and Europeans are having trouble leaving work behind when they're off the clock. Almost half of Americans (47 ...

Americans have been fighting for paid vacation for 100 years

According to Project: Time Off, Americans used 17.2 vacation days last year, the most since 2010. Yet despite this marked improvement, ...

Does paid vacation leave protect against depression among ...

Although empirical studies have linked paid vacation leave to happiness and stress, no study has investigated the association between paid vacation leave and ...