Sentences with phrase «using vacation time»

Minor, a member services secretary at the Association of Saskatchewan Realtors in Saskatoon, started using her vacation time and her own money to travel to developing countries to teach English.

• On one hand, the degree program has already made me a much more skilled employee, which the organization benefits from, and my organization does occasionally pay for employees to attend conferences (obviously, in that case the employees are not using vacation time to attend).

With so many people using their vacation time during the holidays, it can make for an empty office.

The «burbs does start off quite well, introducing us to typical family man, Ray Peterson (Hanks, Big), currently using his vacation time to hang around the house, hoping that doing absolutely nothing helps to get rid of his work - related stress, and gain him some much needed R&R.

Reached at his Connecticut home, O'Connor, who is using vacation time during a leave of absence, said he complained to the Inspector General about the Public Integrity Commission and looks forward to being contacted about his allegations of questionable practices by Commission Executive Director Barry Ginsberg.

The share of employees who failed to use all their vacation time was actually down one percentage point from 55 % in 2015.

Here's a novel idea: use your vacation time and personal days instead of hoarding them for a rainy day!

She uses her Vacation time to visit her elderly parents (or go on Cruises with her friends).

Yes, I was guaranteed 12 weeks of FMLA, but my company's pay policy at the time was, well, lame; I got a few weeks of disability at 60 % of my salary and then, if I wanted a paycheck, I had to use my vacation time.

Some employers also require that you use vacation time and sick time before you use FMLA time.

I'm not going to approve vacation time for someone who may have already used vacation time,» Stringer said.

Mulgrew praised Federation of Nurses / UFT members who used their vacation time to save lives after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico.

Jonathan FickesUFT President Michael Mulgrew is flanked by Alicia Schwartz (left) of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, who used vacation time to help out in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, and Nancy Barth - Miller, the chapter leader at Staten Island University Hospital.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew is flanked by Alicia Schwartz (left) of the Visiting Nurse Service, who used vacation time to help out in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, and Nancy Barth - Miller, a member at Staten Island University Hospital.

This is why companies allow most of their employees to have weekends off and use vacation time.

Olark understands play is just as important as work and rewards workers who use their vacation time to unplug and recharge.

Had I not been able to get my car, I would have had to either lose pay or use vacation time since I'd have to go to the service office on Monday at 7:00 a.m. when they open to get my car and my one hour commute now becomes 2 because I'm in high traffic time.

None of them reported being required to use their vacation time with the exception of one, because she was out for an extended period of time with a preemy baby.

After a little asking around, Leslie was directed to the Argos Animal Sanctuary and Noah's Ark Dog Rescue, where this amazing woman was able to use her vacation time to improve the lives of the homeless and wounded animals of Cyprus.

We wanted to share our experiences to help inspire others to break away from the office and use their vacation time!

Maybe I can use vacation time - getting paid to play DQ sure beats standing on my feet.

(Hansen had already used vacation time to attend climate protests and was arrested or cited several times, including in front of the White House.)

Other states are working on similar bills, but in the meantime, fathers are using their vacation times, sick days or even taking unpaid time off to be with their families.

Even if you do not stagger your vacations, you will probably have to (and want to) use some vacation time in the summer.

Usually, accommodation takes place by allowing them to use vacation time, banked time or the like.

In order to cram learning how to drive in between everything else, students often use vacation time to complete driving school.

I start my new job on June 1 and had hoped to take several days of vacation in between positions as I have not used any vacation time this year.

Well, since it's typical vacation season, it's easier for you to use your vacation time to go on interviews, take time off to do some executive resume writing or go shopping for the perfect interview outfit.

how can I get employees to use vacation time?

Not exact matches

You can select a specific day of the month for «personal project» work, an hour or two every week, or simply grant an extra few days of vacation time for employees to use for personal work.

«Overall Americans are using more vacation days,» says Katie Denis, senior director of Project Time Off who authored the report.

Forty - eight percent of them used all their vacation time last year, up three percentage points from 2015.

The third group, usually only 5 percent or so, use their sick days plus most or all of their vacation time and additional lost time because of illness.

During my sabbatical, I learned some valuable lessons about how to use your time on vacation and be more productive once you come back to work.

«Employees who forfeit their vacation days do not perform as well as those who use all their time,» Denis says.

«And the amount of travel far exceeds the vacation time I used to get, where I was lucky to see one new place a year.

San Juan is a great destination if you're looking to use your winter vacation time to forget the snow and cold that awaits you upon your return.

According to web conferencing company InterCall, 30 % of Americans using smartphones for work feel obliged to keep them on all the time, including on vacation.

You can even use WebOffice to create other business applications, including those for creating time sheets, tracking employee vacation days, and responding to customer service inquiries.

On average, workers use only 54 percent of their eligible vacation time, according to a recent Glassdoor report.

Using an unlimited policy for your entire staff may make it impossible to use extra vacation time as a reward or perk for senior - level staff or for those who perform exceptionally well.

You'll be using evenings, weekends, and lunch hours — and, most likely, your holidays, sick days, and vacation time — to take care of business.

For companies already offering a wealth of paid time off, set standards that encourage employees to actually use paid vacation time.

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.

There are also businesses, especially startups in Silicon Valley, who use a system of unlimited paid vacation, with the stipulation that the employee must discuss time off with a manager or supervisor first.

During the temporary shutdown of Model S and Model X production, Hochholdinger said workers who don't move to the Model 3 line will have to take unpaid time off or can use paid vacation days.

With the launch of its premiere resort, Marriott Vacation Club replaced industry - standard fixed weeks and units with seasonally - based, floating time and property use.

The problems began, he said, after his supervisors learned he was using his approved vacation time for Hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia during the last month of the Islamic calendar.

Rather than seeing summer as a time to withdraw, members could use these months to devote some of their vacation time to sharing in missionary work projects, or at least visiting church mission projects near their vacation sites.

Attitudes have begun to change in churches where the senior pastors have made a regular and conscientious effort to use clergywomen as supply preachers, as workshop leaders and speakers, and as substitutes during pastoral emergencies or vacation times.