In December, Americans were holding on to hundreds of millions of days of unused paid time off, referred to as PTO. By the end of the month, many of those days vanished, just as they do every year ...

Election Day is approaching, and some states have declared the date to be a public holiday, while others have mandated that employers must provide paid time off for voting. For instance, in New York ...

Just 20 U.S. states require employers give workers paid time off to vote, and laws vary by state, according to research by the National Conference of State Legislatures, which represents legislatures ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — If you’re scheduled to work on Election Day, your employer may be required to give you paid time off to vote. According to Arizona law, workers who do not have three consecutive ...

A new white paper published Thursday by The Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project proposes amending the Fair Labor Standards Act to allow U.S. workers to earn paid time off to be used for any ...

Are all employers required to give employees paid vacation? I was told I had 56 hours paid time off a year. When I requested it, I was told to “use sick time — we don’t give paid vacation.” I’ve been ...

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / JULY 31 Gov.Josh Green, seen here during an interview at the State Capitol in July, is giving state employees extra paid time off work during the holiday season. CINDY ELLEN ...

“Managers or upper management have looked down upon taking time off.” “People think that maybe you’re not as invested in the job, that you’re shirking your duties or something.” These are just a few ...

Paid time off policies that employees perceive to be "good" can help create a positive work-life balance and prevent burnout, allowing employees to disconnect. Of course, not all policies are created ...