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

Americans don't get a ton of paid time off, but maximizing those days is an art. A March U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

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) ...

Using a technique called "bridging," employees can get 23 days off from work in a year by only using 6 of their paid vacation ...

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

The FlexJobs Work and PTO Pressure Report found that nearly one-quarter (23%) of U.S. workers didn’t take a single vacation ...

With some planning, you can turn 10 days of PTO in 2026 into 40 days of long breaks to return to work refreshed.

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

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 ...

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 ...