No-Take Annual Holidays

A current TNS Domestic study has revealed that subconsciously bosses discourage workers to take holidays, according to travel researcher, Carolyn Childs.

Senior management does not appear to do what they preach and thus send a mixed message, by their own bad example. "The very people telling you to use up your leave are often the people who have the most significant amount of leave accrued," said Childs.

"Australia was one of the few countries in the OECD that allowed workers to accrue annual leave," said Childs, "But by OECD standards our leave proportion was low and our provision of sick, parental or carers' leave was not generous".

While Australia only allows four weeks annual leave, in the Britain people begin with four weeks in their first job and eventually work their way up to five or six weeks leave. However, they are limited in the amount they are permitted to carry forward.

As companies work to survive the world-wide economical crisis, more and more workers find they are stretched to their limits and taking time off only placed them under ever more pressure, as well as on their co-workers. Childs said "For many of us our colleagues are one of our major sources of friends these days and you don't really want to be dumping on them and you know you're going to have hundreds of emails when you return to work".

The study also disclosed that 1 in 10 workers said they accrued their leave because they found they could not get the same time off as their partner.

Another option to taking the full annual leave maybe to take shorter breaks more often, such as an extended weekend. In the South Pacific, a five day break in places like the tropical islands of Vanuatu can offer you the feeling of having travelled to a totally different culture, had some quality R and R and not taken too many days off from the office.

The fall in the global economy has made it a 'buyer's market', with properties offering extra special deals for the Easter break. There are really great deals for Easter still available, particularly through some of the last minute booking engines, or sites such as vanuatu-hotels.vu.

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Dr Wendy Stenberg-Tendys and her husband Richard Tendys are owner-operators of Seachange Lodge, (http://seachangelodge.com), boutique accommodation providers with a difference. Fabulous ambiance, privacy, self-contained, great price and an easy walk from the centre of Port Vila, Seachange Lodge is the perfect place for an extended weekend break.