As we start looking beyond quarantine and slowly move into the new normal, it’s time we seriously question how we’ve been promoting PTO in our organizations.
By now, we all know the stats. More than half of Americans either don’t use all of their PTO (55%) or feel guilty about taking it (54%). COVID has further depressed this behavior as limited vacation options and a fear of job loss has caused employees to shy away from PTO. Naturally, this is generating concerns around loss days and higher PTO liability across organizations of all sizes, leaving companies scrambling to make temporary modifications to their policies to hedge the potential downside.
