“There’s often an instinct to want to cheerlead, however, cheerleading for somebody who’s experienced losses is the opposite of empathy,” says Deborah Grayson Riegel, a communication and leadership expert.
HR can help prevent workers from burning out after PTO.
Bjorn Reynolds, founder and CEO of workforce management company Safeguard Global, shares the outcomes of his company’s recent four-day workweek trial.
“Soft Fridays [mean] that we are trusting each other to get our work done and log off when we can on Friday,” Alli Ray, Codeword’s chief of staff, tells HR Brew.
The six-month trial will include 39 companies.
HR leaders at these companies say mandatory minimum PTO can provide workers with an energy boost when they return to work.
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