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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Do you use your PTO wisely?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Many U.S. employers have lumped all employee benefits (sick, personal, birthday, etc.) days into a single bank called “personal time off” (PTO) or discretionary days. This initiative was to help employees create a better balance between work and their personal life.
Before PTO, using your sick days for reasons other than being sick was an integrity issue. The real beneficiary were those who never missed a day of work for being sick.
PTO allows you take off from work to care for a sick child, spouse and parent or attend the parent-teacher conference, without being penalized.
It’s okay to use these days to clean out the garage or extend your weekend, assuming you don’t run out of days when you may really need them.
To keep your attendance record on track, be sure to bank those extra days and save them for the real emergencies. If you have PTO or discretionary days, use them wisely.
As an employee, would you rather have separate sick days, vacation days and personal days, or do you like all of your days off lumped together into PTO?
