Time Off

Sick leave provides paid or unpaid time off for illness or care. Learn accrual methods, carryover, state rules, and examples of compliant policies.

Compassionate leave provides paid or unpaid time off for bereavement or serious family emergencies. Learn eligibility, documentation, durations, and policy best practices.

Redundancy notice period is the time between notification and termination for role elimination. Learn requirements, calculations, and fair consultation practices.

A time-off request is a formal ask for approved leave. Learn policies, workflows, required details, manager tips, and templates for transparent decisions.

Personal leave is approved time off for personal matters not covered by other policies. Learn types, eligibility, documentation, and example policy language.

Learn what unauthorized absence means (missing work without approval or notice), difference from authorized leave, no-call no-show policies, progressive discipline, legal considerations, and strategies to reduce unexcused absences.

Learn what unpaid leave means (authorized time off without pay including FMLA, personal leave, medical leave), federal and state requirements, job protection rights, benefits continuation, and best practices for employers.

Learn what discretionary time off (DTO) means, how unlimited PTO policies work, benefits like improved retention (25% higher) and reduced administrative costs, challenges including potential underuse, and proven implementation strategies for trust-based leave systems.

Learn what holiday accrual means, how employees earn paid holiday time based on hours worked or tenure, eligibility requirements (typically 90-day waiting period, full-time status), prorated accrual for part-time workers, holiday payout rules at termination (varies by state), difference from PTO banks, and managing holiday accrual policies.

Learn what a floating holiday is, how employees use flexible PTO for personal observances or preferences (1-2 days/year typical), eligibility requirements, differences from vacation and sick leave, rollover policies, religious accommodation benefits, and best practices for managing floating holiday programs.

Learn what unpaid time off (UTO) means, differences between FMLA (12 weeks guaranteed, job-protected) and discretionary personal leave, when employers can deny UTO requests, impact on benefits and seniority, state-specific requirements, and best practices for managing unpaid leave requests fairly and legally.

VTO is unpaid time off your employer offers—not requires. See how it differs from PTO, your rights, and state laws that protect you.

Need to call off work? Here's what to say, when to say it, and what happens next. For managers: how to handle it without scrambling.