Employees will appreciate hearing how to best handle vacation requests, and have a reminder of office holidays and any work-related holiday celebrations.

FORBES: Employees Want a Bonus This Year, Not a Holiday Party

But when they are out of the office for work or on vacation, other employees can reserve their spaces, either through an online system or at a computer terminal in the office.

WSJ: Warming Up to the Officeless Office

And just over two months later -- one day after he and his family were set to head off to Canada for a vacation -- police raided his home and office as part of their investigation into possible illegal campaign financing, according to Herzog.

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Last month, workers at Agency.com, a hot Web design shop in New York with a reputation for coddling the help, got a mass e-mail from the office of boss Chan Suh that was supposed to list unused vacation time.

FORBES: The Informer

"There's this pressure to be on call outside of the office, either at your house or while you're on vacation, " she says.

FORBES: Accounting For Human Error

Mr. GREGORY KUTZ (General Accounting Office): One individual stayed at a vacation resort in Orlando from September 2005 to November of 2005.

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With school on the verge of letting out for Christmas vacation, The Princess and the Frog should have a long run at the box office.

FORBES: Popcorn Prognosticator