If you have been keeping up with the news about overworked workers then you should consider reviewing your paid time off. This year surveys have indicated that employees are over worked, stressed out and have had trouble keeping up with all the communications from workers, managers, customers and the like. So the question is what are you doing about it?
One company has turned off emails on Fridays and turned it back on on Monday morning. Drastic but it tells the employee that the company cares about his/er quality of life. Another company is only communicating with its employees during work hours and nothing after the close of business. Drastic again considering if there is a disruption in business continuity.
Well, what are you doing for 2014 that is the big question. If you care about your human capital and their well being you may want to review your time off policies and make accommodations for employees so they have more off hour down time.
At the end o the day this is not a cost issue but a return on investment issue!!!!
