US-Based Startup Makes 20 Leaves Per Year Mandatory For Employees To Promote Work-Life Balance

In almost every company, there are a certain number of casual and sick leaves assigned, while many companies also provide earned or privilege leaves. And then it's up to the employees regarding how many of the available leaves they consume over the year.

But a startup in the US has thought deeper to promote work-life balance among employees by making it mandatory to take at least 20 leaves per year.

A US Startup Makes It Mandatory To Take 20 Leaves Per Year

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A United States-based startup named Go Nimbly decided to adopt a leave policy in their company that made it mandatory for employees to take at least 20 leaves every year.

Writing on LinkedIn, Director of People Operations at the tech startup, Kyle Lacy, said that employees had been requesting a more "flexible plan" with regards to leaves for a long time, and after multiple requests, the company decided to take action on the requests.

What The Startup's New Leave Plan Includes

"We designed a new plan and made sure to include a few important things":

? We're explicit in the minimum number of days an employee should take (as leave) per year (more than 20).

? We adjusted our incentive plans to align with the new time off policy (ex: employees can take 1 week off per quarter and still easily hit their quarterly target; they can also take 2-3x more than that and still be on track to achieve a percentage of the quarterly bonus).

.We set up a workflow to monitor the time taken during a quarter and flag it if it¡¯s below the minimum amount.

?We kept Parental Leave as a separate plan.

?We asked a few employees to review and provide more feedback before officially rolling it out.

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Changes Witnessed After New Leave Policy Introduced

"We rolled out the policy like any other major change and continued to test for feedback via pulse surveys throughout the quarter. Today, we¡¯re sitting at 94% agree or strongly agree with the statement "I¡¯m happy with our Flexible Time Off Policy" (the remaining 6% are Neutral).

Time off usage has increased by 19% compared to last quarter and by 28% when compared to Q2 2022 (and adjusted for changes in headcount)," he wrote. He concluded the post by stating that he slept well in the night and emphasised the importance of sleep hygiene.

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