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

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) ...

For those with 11 vacation days, for example, the company recommends 11 different trips to optimize their PTO, including ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Many people don’t take all the paid time off coming to them … which can lead to burnout … which can cost employers.

One of my friends shared the absolute worst paid time off plan I have ever seen. The plan is “unlimited” PTO, but there’s a catch. To get your PTO approved, you have to explain what you are doing, how ...

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 the state of California cut a $1.2 million check to a retiring prison dentist last year, it wasn’t a bonus or lottery prize. It was a payout for his unused PTO; decades of banked vacation days ...