How and when employees can submit a PTO request is important to establish. Otherwise, you risk having an inconsistent and unreliable system that lets requests go overlooked. Usually, requests are ...

For example, if a team is in the middle of an intense project or in a customer-facing role during a moment of high demand, managers can ask that the employee delay a recent week-long PTO request ...

Fortunately, there are actionable items organizations can rely on to make impactful change. For example, the systems employees use to request PTO could make a big difference, Duris says. Some might ...