5 stories on the state of PTO and vacation benefits

As they wade through the waning months of summer, HR teams may well see a wave of time-off requests on company calendars, if they haven’t already.

But the prospect of taking time off — whether for a vacation or for some other reason — can be a fraught one for many workers. Work obligations sometimes bleed into time spent away from the job site, and pressure from co-workers or managers can discourage people from taking time off in the first place, one recent survey of U.S. employees found.

Below, we’ve compiled a list of recent news and analysis to provide readers a fuller picture of the state of PTO, time off and vacation benefits.