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Paid Time Off (PTO) vs. Vacation and Sick Time Policies

Dec 17, 2012

Lacey Halpern of Xenium HR joins the Human Resources for Small Business podcast to discuss the difference between paid time off (PTO) and vacation & sick time policies.

During the episode, Lacey shares her thoughts on why employers would choose one "time off" policy over the other and explains how each works.

In this episode:

- The advantages and disadvantages of paid time off (PTO) and vacation/sick time
- Making the switch from vacation/sick time to a PTO bank
- Carry-over of unused PTO
- "Going into the negative"
- Which time off policy is easier to track?


Host: Brandon Laws, Xenium HR
Guest: Lacey Halpern, Xenium HR


Running Time: 14:08  

 

Music Introduction By: "Cut and Dry Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"