Most federal holidays take place on Mondays or Fridays in 2026, creating natural opportunities for long weekends.

Here's how you can make 18 PTO days into 55 days off: Request PTO for Friday, Jan. 2 Consecutive Days Off: 4 days (Jan. 1-4) ...

Paid time off (PTO) has become a significant topic in today’s workplaces. What was once a perk has now turned into a standard expectation, but challenges remain. While some companies are innovating ...

For those with 11 vacation days, for example, the company recommends 11 different trips to optimize their PTO, including planning trips around long weekends like Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the July 4 ...

With some planning, you can turn 10 days of PTO in 2026 into 40 days of long breaks to return to work refreshed.

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 ...

Companies are increasingly cutting back on paying employees for unused paid time off when they leave or retire, according to Channel 2 consumer advisor Clark Howard. While many companies previously ...

CEO Ryan Breslow said undefined PTO policies mean "the good ones don't take PTO" and "the bad ones take too much." Instead, Bolt employees will get four mandatory paid weeks off, the CEO said. "It ...

The usual purpose of paid time off (PTO) from work is to give employees an opportunity to rest, recharge and relax. However, a recent survey has revealed that many members of Generation Z are doing ...