A new survey has revealed that many U.S. workers are spending their vacation days catching up on sleep instead of traveling.

Work smarter, not harder – and certainly not more than you have to. You can nearly quadruple your time off in 2025 by strategically using your PTO around the United States’s 11 federal holidays.

An Amerisleep.com survey revealed that 37 percent of Americans used vacation days in the past year just to rest.

As a staff writer for Forbes Advisor, SMB, Kristy helps small business owners find the tools they need to keep their businesses running. She uses the experience of managing her own writing and editing ...

The holiday season is swiftly approaching and with it comes time to start submitting PTO requests. Generally, most employees look forward to using their PTO during the holidays. Some will even ...

It's almost the new year, which means new paid time off to plan for! If you’re looking to get the most out of your vacation days in 2025, consider scheduling around federal holidays to create long ...

Once upon a time, most organizations offered their employees time off in the categories for which they were used. These traditional plans included some combination of sick days, personal days and ...

As travel disruptions put summer trips to a halt and employees experience anxiety about the coronavirus pandemic and working from home, fewer workers appear to be claiming paid time off this year. To ...

Linda Bond Edwards is of counsel with RumbergerKirk and represents employers in the private and public sectors in matters involving employment and labor issues. She can be reached at [email protected] ...

Paid time off reflects how organizations value their people, whether workplace culture encourages rest, and whether employees ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam Gordon and Ulises Orozco are thinking through similar initiatives at-large, having co-founded Miami-based PTO Genius, a ...