Sentences with phrase «vacation week in»

There has already been one drowning reported this vacation week in Puntarenas, according to the Costa Rican Red Cross.

We were a family group of 13, ten adults and three children ages 7 - 13, celebrating birthdays and anniversaries - Casa Yardena was a perfect destination for our vacation week in every way.

Find a list of different activities (some drop off, some drop in) coming up this April Vacation Week in Metro Boston.

Looking for something to do over school vacation week in April?

We had a blast at December Vacation Week in 2017!

Menu Plan Monday (MPM) is on vacation this week in honor of the last official week of summer and the upcoming Labor Day weekend.

I just wanted to let you know that I was on vacation this week in Kuala Lumpur and treated myself to the luxury of going to a bookstore (these are rare where I live!)

Read about how the Edwards Middle School uses vacation weeks in February and April to support struggling students, in addition to the expanded day schedule.

During school vacation weeks in February, April, and December, the ICA hosts special activities and projects Tuesday to Friday, including art - making, films, performances and activities with visiting artists.

Not exact matches

She hasn't had a vacation in years, she doesn't date, and she works seven days a week.

In the ROWE environment I worked in there were no vacation days or holidays either, because at least in theory an employee could take 5 vacation days a week, every week, so long as he or she could get the work done in the remaining timIn the ROWE environment I worked in there were no vacation days or holidays either, because at least in theory an employee could take 5 vacation days a week, every week, so long as he or she could get the work done in the remaining timin there were no vacation days or holidays either, because at least in theory an employee could take 5 vacation days a week, every week, so long as he or she could get the work done in the remaining timin theory an employee could take 5 vacation days a week, every week, so long as he or she could get the work done in the remaining timin the remaining time.

Jenny Wilson, a Democratic candidate running for Senate in Utah, said this week that «Utah families deserve another Utahn as their senator, not a Massachusetts governor who thinks of our state as his vacation home.»

«At 800 or so pages this is the perfect book for a week - long vacation,» claims Parrish (who may or may not share your taste in summer reading).

In the study, the effect of vacation anticipation boosted happiness for eight weeks.

What makes the company unique: Making Glassdoor's 2016 list of «Top 25 Companies for Vacation and Time Off,» employees at Liberty Mutual Insurance say they receive four weeks of paid vacation in addition to 1.5 days of extra vacation time accrued everVacation and Time Off,» employees at Liberty Mutual Insurance say they receive four weeks of paid vacation in addition to 1.5 days of extra vacation time accrued evervacation in addition to 1.5 days of extra vacation time accrued evervacation time accrued every month.

Whitman recalls a vacation trekking in New Zealand where she was without cell phone service for almost a week.

In yesterday's world, people worked 40 hours a week and took four weeks of vacation.

In similar moves, many companies are killing the old two - week vacation policy and giving employees unlimited vacation days.

He and his wife went to a wedding in Hawaii and took a full two weeks of vacation to do so (they arrived two days before the wedding which was on a Saturday).

«As 4 weeks, or one eighth of the working year, appears to be the norm for vacations in Canada, we can hardly say we're overworked.

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll ™ among 1087 Canadians 18 years of age and older, the average amount of vacation time given to employed workers is about 4 weeks (3.7), while the self - employed take a similar amount of time off (4.0 weeks, on average).

On January 31, an engineer from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory was pulled into additional screening upon his return to the U.S. after a two - week vacation in Chile.

As Sue Shellenbarger notes in the Wall Street Journal, Evernote pays employees $ 1,000 to vacation for at least one week.

That's down three points from 2015, when 56 percent of respondents reported not having taken a vacation in a year and 41 percent admitted to having not been on a leisure trip of at least a week to a place 100 miles or more from home in more than two years.

We instructed our employees to plan ahead for projects or goals that may be impacted by taking time off: keep your coworkers and managers informed, let your colleagues know at least two weeks ahead of time when you'll be on vacation, and report in on days you need to be out unexpectedly.

At McMillan, a mid-sized marketing and advertising firm in Ottawa, management asks staff to give four to five weeks» notice before they make their formal vacation request, so it can be «reasonably assessed,» says David Moore, vice-president of client services.

«Ask for vacation schedules well ahead of time so you can determine the number of people that can be off in any given week,» Cardella says.

I was comfortable with my four weeks of vacation until about 11 years ago, when the company reached an important stage in its development, and I realized I had to make a fundamental change in my role.

I'm filling in for Ellen McGirt this week while she's on vacation.

At that point, most entrepreneurs would have thrown in the towel and, tempted by two weeks» vacation and a health - insured lifestyle, begged their old boss for their job back.

In a bid to encourage staffers at the streaming giant to take more time off, Hastings, who serves as Netflix's co-founder and CEO, is hoping to lead by example with his own rather ample vacation allotment: six weeks every year.

In addition to nearly five weeks» vacation, BrightHouse's 18 staff members get five Your Days, in which they are encouraged to visit a spot conducive to reflection and let their neurons riIn addition to nearly five weeks» vacation, BrightHouse's 18 staff members get five Your Days, in which they are encouraged to visit a spot conducive to reflection and let their neurons riin which they are encouraged to visit a spot conducive to reflection and let their neurons rip.

Related: How Tech's Richest People Spend Their Vacations Last week, The Washington Post Company reported $ 138.4 million in revenue during the second quarter for its newspaper publishing division, down 1 percent compared to the same period last year.

You can also negotiate for benefits, such as additional vacation days, the opportunity to enroll in professional - development courses, or the ability to telecommute one day a week.

«After considering the other options that I have been presented with for post-gubernatorial employment, I declined their request to do additional shows,» Christie said in a statement, adding, «I made that clear to them prior to leaving for my family vacation two weeks ago.»

Neither business as usual nor a vacation, a workation is a trip where we spend a week collaborating in a new environment.

He'd always had a backup plan in mind — piecing together a short leave by carrying over some holiday time and adding in a few weeks of future vacation — and in the end, he wound up using it and got his time with his daughter.

In other words, are you working 80 hours a week and don't have any time for anything else in your life like seeing your kid's ballgame or, god forbid, an extended vacatioIn other words, are you working 80 hours a week and don't have any time for anything else in your life like seeing your kid's ballgame or, god forbid, an extended vacatioin your life like seeing your kid's ballgame or, god forbid, an extended vacation?

Without significant increases in corporate taxes and taxes on the wealthy, it is now a virtual certainty that ordinary Canadian families will never enjoy the generous social programs enjoyed by most European families: enhanced maternity leave benefits, livable minimum wages, legislated paid vacation time of up to six weeks a year, genuine unemployment insurance, home care, pharmacare and more.

For example, before leaving for a two - week honeymoon in Greece in September, he met with the company's two designers and discussed a jewelry box they were creating for a big retail client that had to be shipped for approval during his vacation.

Bill O'Reilly left Fox News this week for a long - planned vacation to Italy and the Vatican, with his fate in the hands of a Murdoch family calculating the risks and rewards of keeping him on or forcing him out of the network.

His brother, psychiatrist Richard Summers, recalled how in the weeks before Summers came to the White House, he was on a family vacation in Jamaica, barefoot and in a bathing suit, when he began grilling his children, nieces and nephews on what to do about General Motors, which was on the verge of collapse.

Good morning, I am on vacation this week, so instead of Daily Updates based on the news of the past few days, I am doing Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats (SWOT) analysis» of five of the most important companies in tech: Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon.

Seeing as H1 2017 already has seen 5.65 million Chinese travellers lavishing 290 million baht ($ 8.75 million) 6, this aim seems well achievable, particularly as Thailand is not only one of the most popular vacation spots for Chinese in general, but was also voted the # 1 holiday destination for Chinese this National Day Golden Week by Ctrip.

Excluding the impact of the extra week in 2013, total company contract sales increased $ 14 million, or 7 percent, driven by $ 18 million, or 10 percent, of higher vacation ownership contract sales in the company's North America segment, partially offset by $ 4 million of lower residential contract sales in the company's North America segment.

I came back to Houston last Sunday after vacationing in Montevideo for 2 weeks.

Specializing in educational software and technology, Ellucian offers employees three weeks of paid vacation time at their start date, as well as remote and flexible scheduling opportunities.

We live in Germany, spending roughly 60k per year, including the rent for a 1000 square feet apartment in a good location (but in a rather small city, only 400k people), a nice car and going on vacations for the full five weeks we have off work.

Canadian auto executive Keith Henry was enjoying a vacation in Florida this week when Donald Trump's Twitter feed caught his immediate attention.

The money I make enables me to serve the poor — instead of vacation this year I spent a week in a Native - American village serving for Christ.