14 Ways to Take the Stress Out of Employee Vacations

Employees really deserve paid vacation. They

struggle through stressful jobs most of the year,

and productivity goes down if they don’t get a

pause. From a business perspective, investing in

good vacation programs reduce work stress

absenteeism, health costs and accidents.

Many employees, however, return from vacation

with the half joking comment about having to go back

work to rest too many people find

holidays as stressful as the jobs they do

every day.

The following are fourteen ways that company managers can

de-stress from vacations, increase productivity, improve

quality, increase profits and make the most of the

corporate investment.

1. Develop vacation savings plans so that employees

you will be financially prepared for this large expense

2. Provide ongoing advice for staff

Finances, budgets and credit issues.

3. Double-check the payroll to make sure

employees are not affected by discrepancies while

They are on holiday

4. Distribute work responsibilities to prevent

the return of employees to overflowing inboxes

5. Announce job changes after the holidays, not

before

6. Provide internal workshops during the holidays.

planning

7. Negotiate corporate discounts with travel

agencies

8. Show employees how to research travel plans

In Internet

9. On the last day before the vacation, give

employees an additional half day off for the last minute

preparations. This strategy adds value to the

company through motivation, spirit and quality

check.

10. Train employees to pull off big projects from

the way two weeks before the holidays to prevent

stressful, sometimes inappropriate, last minute

efforts

12. Ask for destination contact information for

emergency notification purpose and then use the

info to send a special note or a small gift that

will be waiting for you upon arrival.

11. Show your interest by scheduling time

to visit employees about their great

adventure – before and after the holidays

13. Obtain information from employees about vacation schedules for

make sure dates match spouse’s schedule

14. Encourage a quieter week-long vacation.

instead of a less rewarding absence of a day or two

There you have it: fourteen ways to de-stress

vacation. Your company gets its money’s worth

of these vacations when the employees are rested

and ready to get back to work.

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