The average worker gets 10-14 days of vacation time per year after one year of service, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
"There are a number of organizations that we've worked with who, instead of having vacation maximums, will say vacation minimums, which is an interesting concept," she said.
In some cases, companies even require at least five of each employee's vacation days to be taken consecutively — in other words, a mandatory "solid week" of vacation, said Pruitt-Haynes.
Fifty-four percent of U.S. workers say they can't or shouldn't completely stop working while on vacation, according to a 2022 Glassdoor report.
Turn off any company-owned devices while you're away and plan busy vacation days to keep yourself from thinking about work, he advised.
Persons:
Christy Pruitt, Haynes, we've, Pruitt, Rebecca Port, I've, workcations, Jonny Edser
Organizations:
Society for Human Resource Management, U.S . Bureau of Labor Statistics, Genomics, CNBC
Locations:
New York, USA