{"id":5526,"date":"2024-08-29T10:46:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T15:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/?p=5526"},"modified":"2024-08-29T10:46:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T15:46:58","slug":"hr-chat-w-employco-usa-employees-not-taking-earned-pto-stealth-pto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/29\/hr-chat-w-employco-usa-employees-not-taking-earned-pto-stealth-pto\/","title":{"rendered":"HR Chat w\/Employco USA: Employees Not Taking Earned PTO + Stealth PTO"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"HR Chat w\/Employco USA: Employees Not Taking Earned PTO + Stealth PTO\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_hjfA-gyglP0\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FhjfA-gyglP0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hjfA-gyglP0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M47S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-08-29T15:44:30Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_hjfA-gyglP0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FhjfA-gyglP0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">HR Chat w\/Employco USA: Employees Not Taking Earned PTO + Stealth PTO<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hjfA-gyglP0\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FhjfA-gyglP0%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"HR Chat w\/Employco USA: Employees Not Taking Earned PTO + Stealth PTO\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this latest HR Chat, Rob and Jason discuss recent trends and survey results surrounding PTO (Paid Time Off) usage, revealing that a significant percentage of U.S. employees aren&#039;t fully utilizing their earned time off. 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