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- a day of work on which an employee is not required to be at work but is paid by the employer. The number of days of vacation is agreed in...
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- Don't Leave Your Vacation Days on the Table
- It's summer. It's warm. You have PTO coming. So why are you sitting here reading this blog instead of sunning on a beach? Could be you're taking less vacation than you can or should. If so, you're not alone; an estimated 47.5 million Americans leave an average...
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- "Lazy" Days of Summer?
- Going in vacation this summer? With the high price of fuel, increasing the costs of plane trips, road trips and even train trips, you might be better off staying home with a good book. But for how long? That depends on where you live. As BNET1's Jessica...
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Americans Suffering "Vacation Starvation"
- The Find: With the average U.S. worker getting just 8.1 paid vacation days a year, one blogger and author has diagnosed a case of "vacation startvation." The Source: The Escape from Corporate America blog. The Takeaway: With summer upon us, the sun out and...
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Wallstrip: Solving the Bandwidth Problem
- There's just not enough room on the Internet anymore. Unless someone comes up with a solution to provide unlimited bandwidth, one of you has to leave.
- Videos 2008-07-09
- Bank of Hawaii: A Different Kind of Offshore Account
- Sure, the locals call it "Bankoh," but this company is no coconut stand. The Bank of Hawaii came into some unexpected cash recently and now has a new president – hopeful signs for the regional bank.
- Videos 2008-05-30
- Priceline.com Inc. (PCLN)
- Now there's an Auntie Anne's Pretzels where that boring travel agency used to be. Thank you, Priceline.com Inc. PCLN
- Videos 2008-05-14
- How Much Vacation Do You Get?
- Working professionals from around the globe tell us how much vacation time they get and how much they actually take -- and the differences may surprise you.
- Videos 2008-05-08
- Need to Cancel a Vacation for Work? No Problem
- It's becoming increasingly difficult to justify taking time to yourself (despite abundant research on the benefits of work/life balance, which should release us from feeling the need to find justification). Research shows that 19 percent of workers have cancelled a vacation for work at least once -- and vacation insurers are counting on this. ...
- Blog posts 2007-11-15
- Our Democratic Right to Vacation
- Although you need to consider the source of budget-travel guru Arthur Frommer's blog post, boldly titled An increase in the amount of vacation time is unfinished business of our democracy," he does raise some interesting arguments from a quality-of-life perspective. But what about the business perspective? The...
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- Video: The Impact of Vacation
- How much vacation time do most professionals take? Do longer vacations improve or hurt productivity? In this BNET video, we get a variety of answers about the benefits of vacation. Where does your philosophy fit in? Length: 00:01:53 by BNET staff
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- How to Go on Vacation
- When was the last time you took a vacation? A real vacation? Two polls released this month show that Americans not only have trouble getting away from work, but they also have trouble staying away. A recent Yahoo HotJobs poll found that 45 percent of respondents didn't use all of...
- Blog posts 2007-06-01
- Is Taking a Vacation Good for the Economy?
- In a Sidewalk Stories feature, BNET surveys managers and employees about whether they believe taking a vacation is a help or hindrance to the overall health of the economy.
- Videos 2006-01-01
- Americans Are Too Disciplined -- Go Do Something Fun!
- Productivity-obsessed Americans believe taking vacation or other fun time away from work is wasteful, maybe even immoral, says Harvard Business School professor Anat Keinan. It's not that we love work so much. Rather, we believe that if we keep our nose to the grindstone today it will...
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- 6 Vacation Rules for Team Leaders
- You know that all work and no play makes you a dull leader. But what happens if you habitually mix work and play? Too many managers make a habit of staying closely connected to the office during vacation, when they instead they really should be recharging their batteries. ...
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- Vacation Time? Here's How to Plan Your Office Break
- As the summer winds down, many of us are trying to squeeze in a few days off before the cool weather and increased commitments of the fall kick in. After all, you wouldn't want to leave any of your vacation days on the table -- and we know that vacation...
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Should You Ever Really Be 'Out of the Office'?
- I saw an interesting post by Kris Dunn on A Fistful of Talent last week in which he posed this question: Does using the "out of office" reply hurt your career? Dunn thinks so, arguing that it's smarter to keep a small connection to your work (checking...
- Blog posts 2009-01-01
- Top Tips to Avoid Vacation Re-Entry Shock
- Vacations are surely great, but when you have a busy job to come back to, they can also be stressful. So this week on the Huffington Post author Nicole Williams is offering her top tips for making sure your summer get-away, and your return, are stress free. by Jessica Stillman
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- Business Hacks Best of the Week (Aug. 24, 2009)
- In case you didn't notice, I was on vacation last week, leaving you in the capable hands of Mr. Dave "I Still Don't 'Get' Twitter" Johnson. What's that? You were on vacation too? What a coincidence! Well, no worries, here's a recap of what we both missed:...
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- Glenn Beck Returns From Vacation; Can He End Ad Boycott This Week?
- Glenn Beck's vacation from his Fox News Channel show last week was planned and not an attempt to let the heat die down over the advertiser boycott regarding his claim that President Obama is a racist, reports TV Newser. by Jim Edwards
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- In Defense of Vacations
- Sadly, one-third of American workers don't plan to take a vacation this year over fears they will lose their jobs. Even President Obama has had to defend his plans to take a vacation next month while the economy continues to sputter. But it's in every manager's best interests...
- Blog posts 2009-07-22
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