Benefits & Compensation
How to personalize your company’s PTO policy?
Your personal time off policy is important to define to your employees so that they know what is expected of them and what time off they can request
Benefits & Compensation
Your personal time off policy is important to define to your employees so that they know what is expected of them and what time off they can request
Marcos Lopez
HR Consultant
21 of July, 2022
Employees usually pick up the rules and the processes for holidays and sickness absences pretty quickly. But what about when they need to be off for other types of reasons, like maternity leave or sick relative? How should the company manage their PTO policy? The answer is simple, by combining our best practices below and a simple HR Software.
There are legal rules in each country about the time which can be taken off for different types of reasons and whether these are paid or not. Moreover, detailed information on these types of absences can be found on the national or regional government websites. They will explain what is feasible, what the employee is paid and how to apply for any payments from the government. If you are employing foreign employees who may struggle to understand the government websites, you may want to put detailed information in your company language.
As organizations become more diverse and the demographic profile of western Europe changes, there will be increasing demand for these types of absences:
As well as the government processes, your company’s policies, processes and application systems must also be clear for employees. You could simply translate the key points and put them onto your intranet. However, this is an opportunity to demonstrate how your company supports employees in their moments of joy or of difficulty and pain, that you are understanding of work-life balance pressures.
Everyone will have these moments at some stage in their life and career.
You can use Sesame’s time off management tool to manage the requests of your employees, keep a record of them, and approve whichever request your employees have in mind relating to absences or holidays.