For vacation time to be truly restful, the onus is on both employers and employees.
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A workplace law expert explains what your rights are – and whether employers who suspect people of not being sick can ask for a medical certificate.
The standard right to four weeks off hasn’t changed since 1974. But on its own, giving people an extra week off won’t fix the issue of workers doing unpaid overtime.
Switching off phones or laptops when on holidays can help us get more out of our free time and relationships.
In tough economic times, employees may accrue annual leave because they can’t afford to travel or simply to give themselves a financial buffer.
Giving workers an extra week of annual leave could take pressure off employers to increase their workers pay.
While there’s nothing new about the return-to-work blues, few companies have any strategy to facilitate readjustment to work after vacation.
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Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
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Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney
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Professor, research professor in exercise, nutrition and activity, Adelaide University
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Researcher at the Center for Leadership in the Future of Work (University of Zurich), University of Zurich
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Professor of Occupational Psychology. Dean of the Faculty of Labour Relations and Human Resources, Universidad de Granada
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Research fellow in exercise, nutrition and activity, Adelaide University
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Research Fellow, Adelaide University