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3 controversial ways to encourage employees to use more PTO

3 controversial ways to encourage employees to use more PTO | The Work In Progress Report | Scoop.it
If there was ever a time to challenge conventional thinking and make improvements to your PTO policies, it's now.
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Employees NEED time off to recuperate and rejuvenate. Encourage them to take ALL their PTO and not feel guilty or worried about taking it. Here are ideas to rethink your PTO strategy and promote healthy work habits.

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Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure

Try really hard, and then stop, recover, and repeat.
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Vacation time, sleeping, exercise...all necessities for recharging your workforce are critical for success. 

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The Hidden Cost of Unused Leave [Infographic]

The Hidden Cost of Unused Leave [Infographic] | The Work In Progress Report | Scoop.it
There is a hidden cost to unused leave that many businesses fail to realize. Project Time Off puts that figure at $224 billion.
Sophie Wade's insight:

429 MILLION vacation days went unused in 2014. Stress, burn out, heart attacks, depression and many more illnesses are related to NOT taking AT LEAST 10 days vacation a year. Make sure you take yours, and so do your colleagues!!

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Swiss hotels are hiring Instagram "sitters” to post photos for you —

Swiss hotels are hiring Instagram "sitters” to post photos for you — | The Work In Progress Report | Scoop.it
This is the nightmare we are all living in.
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Vacation Solutions: do you get stressed trying to log and share all your holiday fun? Here’s a service for you! What else can you outsource life- and work-wise this holiday season so you can REALLY switch off and unwind?

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The Data-Driven Case for Vacation - HBR

People who take 11 or more vacation days are 30% more likely to receive a raise.
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For the first time in recorded history, more than half of Americans (55%) left vacation days unused, which equates to 658 million unused vacation days...and US workers are taking 5 LESS days than in 1996. This is DECREASING productivity.

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