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This page is often being erroneously internally linked when the page "paid leave" would be more appropriate, as "paid time off" is used as a colloquial term for paid leave in many countries. This is causing confusion in various employment law/entitlement related pages. I'm relatively new so seek suggestions to improve this issue, however suggest a heading change to clarify the scope of this article is warranted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Equal Inequity (talk • contribs) 14:59, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

History

Would be interesting to know more about the history of paid time off. Did it exist before the 20th century? BV

I've worked for more than 30 years for UK, USA & German companies. I first came across the usage of PTO with a US company in 2021. I'm curious as to whether this originated in the USA and how many countries is it used in now, especially since USA-developed software has become prevalent in HR (SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle and Workday).

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I am a student at Clemson University working as part of the APS Wikipedia Initiative. I will be working on editing/adding content to this article in the near future. I ask for your constructive feedback to help make this article more comprehensive. Thanks, Gwhodge (talk) 22:14, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Student Modification

Will be uploading new content to this article by the end of this week. I have looked in to the history of PTO, BV, and it appears that it wasn't common in the workplace until about 15 years ago. I will be adding information about the history, benefits, disadvantages, cultural differences, and differences in the United States.Gwhodge (talk) 14:14, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

US centric?

I think this article is about a practice that is only common in the US but it doesn't make that clear. I haven't come across PTO anywhere but in the US. For example, the UK has statutory sick pay and, typically, 4-5 weeks of paid vacation time. There's a lot of unqualified statements that don't say which countries it's common in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fasaxc (talk • contribs) 22:00, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, “In Western European countries, federal laws […]” sounds really awkward. GL (talk) 21:00, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think I fixed this now. The List of statutory minimum employment leave by country indicates there are a total of 9 countries in the world that may have this, but the only few large ones, in south Asia, do have some qualified statutory minimums. --Joy [shallot] (talk) 21:55, 17 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is really awful ... in Europe, if you get sick you are covered, regardless of how long your sickness might last - for months and years if need be, and all your sick days will be fully paid, and the company will not be allowed to lay you off while you are sick. -- Alexey Topol (talk) 19:42, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In the UK (and EU I imagine, as law has not diverged) you cannot lump sick leave and holiday leave together. In fact you accrue holiday leave (Statutory Holiday Entitlement) when you're off work sick, so you need to keep track of both separately. See ^[1] --87.74.191.26 (talk) 09:44, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://www.gov.uk/taking-sick-leave

[1] ttps://www.gov.uk/taking-sick-leave

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