Even with unlimited PTO, employees generally need approval from their manager before taking time off. This ensures that the time away won’t negatively affect the team or company operations.

Cynically or practically, that sort of company's leadership probably knows that most ambitious team members will not take excess advantage of the unlimited PTO. It is much like the neighborhood ...

Paid time off can be a low-cost and popular benefit, but whether workers feel comfortable using it is another story.

“How the policy is applied usually comes down to the manager and team dynamics,” Church said. “Employees with weak managers or understaffed teams may not be able to take similar PTO to teams ...

Cakes Body, which has roughly 30 remote employees across the United States, has been giving employees a month-long PTO as ...