To keep your business running smoothly, you'll need to know in advance when employees are planning to take time off for a vacation. In explaining your vacation scheduling policy to employees, you should specify:

• how the request is made (written/orally)
• to whom the request is made
• how far in advance a request must be made
• if there is a chance that employees might not get the vacation time they request

If your business's peak times occur such that during certain times of the year employees are not permitted to take vacations, those restrictions should also be conveyed ahead of time, so employees can plan for it.

 

The Business Tools include a sample vacation policy that you can edit to suit your needs.