To Boost Productivity, Tell Your Staff Not to Work on Vacation

Many employees continue working during their time off, often producing subpar results because of fatigue, mental strain, and physical discomfort.

BY BRUCE CRUMLEY @BRUCEC_INC

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If employers notice staff returning from holiday breaks looking as tired and stressed as they were before they left, there may be a good reason. It turns out many employees say they continue working during vacations or other paid time off (PTO), in many cases out because they fear for their jobs if they don’t.

Nearly 40 percent of the 2,000 professionals surveyed by microlearning app Headway said they occasionally or........

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