Happy and well-rested employees are at peak performance, as well as rate the highest in job satisfaction, motivation, and work incentive. This makes for efficient and productive workplaces. Holidays, leaves, and vacations are an important part of employees’ mental well-being and happiness, and it is the duty of the management to grant, provide, and allow vacations as and when required. It is also important to emphasize the sanctity of vacations and recognize when employees are forced to work on vacations, which helps to take steps to curbing that.

Corporate-mandated holidays, national holidays, and sick leaves are different from vacations. These are often a period of a few days, where external reasons mandate that the workplace not be used. Leaves availed for personal reasons can also be termed different. Vacations are usually taken for reasons of respite from the daily workload, as well as mental health and relaxation. It is the responsibility of the management to evaluate each application on its own merit, based on the employee’s track record and performance.

Separation of holiday from the workplace is especially in a vacation, which is taken for the explicit purpose of a break from the responsibilities of employment. It falls to the management to ensure that the employee’s absence is properly compensated for, in terms of their responsibilities and assignments that may be allotted to other employees or arranged for in some other fashion. However, emergencies, contingencies, and sudden developments that call for the employee’s involvement are also possible, and it then becomes necessary to recall the employee to handle the situation. Recognizing such incidents is also a responsibility that the management needs to shoulder.

The importance of vacations lies in the need of the employee to relax and unwind free of the responsibilities of daily work. This allows for better overall productivity, as well as office happiness and job satisfaction. Spreading awareness about the importance of taking vacations, and rewarding deserving employees fittingly is vital for an efficient workplace.