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

Using a technique called "bridging," savvy employees can get 23 days off work in 2026 by only using 6 of their paid vacation days. The technique works by using your vacation days around observed ...

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) ...

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American gets 15 days of vacation after five years of working at ...

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.

When planning trips for 2026, consider strategically using your PTO to maximize your time off and allow yourself to take that ...

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 ...

Unlimited vacation is the ultimate test in judgment for employees. Some workers have figured out how to maximize PTO, others have had it backfire.

When Matt Cadwell joined the human resources department at digital sign company Stratacache in 2017, he realized there was a problem. Thanks to a generous leave policy, employees had racked up hours ...

Everyone loves to take paid time off, but many employers struggle with the optimal way to provide it. Decades ago, PTO policies were relatively simple, but they’ve grown in complexity over the years ...