Team members may like flexible hours, full weekends and time off for family situations.
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The survey also asked employees about their expectations for bonuses and time off during the holidays.
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The 2012 National Study of Employers conducted by Families and Work Institute and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) painted a less bleak picture related to employers providing information about eldercare services (41% of employers said they did), and time off for employees to provide care without jeopardizing their jobs (75% of employers said they offered it).
Another alternative, an idea similar to that proposed by my colleague Richard Vedder in his book Going Broke by Degree, would be to offer tenure (or enhanced job security) as one of a number of compensation options for which individual faculty choose from a menu of compensation items, including salary, health and life insurance plans, retirement contributions, and time off, etc.
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"People from the manual trades are unable to afford the whole process of campaigning, putting themselves forward and taking time off, and people from the professions can't afford to give up the salaries they have become accustomed to, " she told MPs.
Most of the learners are farmers and require time off from learning to plant and harvest rice in June, July, August, December and January so that they have extra classes in the other months to ensure that the course is completed.
He encourages staffers to work early morning hours and take time off in the middle of the day until temperatures cool.
The restrictions against early entry in basketball and football means taking time off and then compete against those who have honed their skills in his absence.
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He wrote several new games, working six-day weeks even in his 60s, attending conventions, replying to fan mail and taking time off only for his beloved American football.
After a series of indie flicks and some time off to play mom, Paltrow scored big with her leading lady role opposite Robert Downey Jr. in the summer blockbuster Iron Man.
Many companies have HR policies in place that reinforce positive behaviors, from reimbursing workers for gym memberships based on attendance rates to providing free health screenings and paid time off for annual checkups.
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My brothers and I took time off work for medical appointments and hospice care.
I've been doing that for 10 years and this is the first time I kind of stopped and got off the TV train and devoted my time to films, and it lends itself to a much kind of more human lifestyle.
Certainly on weekends I did a lot of writing, and I took some vacation time off and did writing.
Yes, I kid you not, they create time off hours off and fun time.
With a private log-in, employees can now manage their own payroll and retirement plans, request time-off and other schedule adjustments, book on-line courses and other learning and development tools, engage and be social with colleagues on intranets, and just generally manage their own work lives to an extent that was previously impossible.
These miniature cell sites are placed in homes and office buildings to improve network inbuilding coverage and at the same time off-load some of the voice and broadband traffic from the primary commercial networks.
Of course in the U.S. most union and government workers get good stretches of time off, and in private industry three weeks of vacation after five or ten years of employment is so common as to be almost standard.
But are you actually taking advantage of the freedom you have and scheduling regular time off?
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Some employees will work harder for bonuses, some for recognition, and some for time off.
And he took time off from reviewing films to write one - 1970's Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
"And I will have time off, " she said, patting her belly and smiling.
All Microsoft execs and managers care about is a cushy job, nice dining room with great benefits and tons of time off.
Meanwhile, they play for time and live off of rescue-fund band aids.
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The survey by LV travel insurance found cost and difficulties getting time off work during peak times were the main reasons behind this.
Past topics have included: planning a gap year, finding the right program, long term benefits, pros and cons, and how taking time off impacts college.
Tripathi was on approved leave from the Ivy League school, meaning that he had requested and was granted time off, but he remained a student there.
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While everyone else was working too late hoping to win favor with the corner office, he simply worked efficiently, and used his time off as it was meant to be used.
At the time he went missing, Sunil Tripathi was on approved leave from the Ivy League school, meaning that he had requested and was granted time off but remained a student there.
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