How many vacation days do you give people?

Ask employees how many vacation days they get, and they’ll probably say “too few.” Here’s a better yardstick.

Without uber-generous raises to lavish on people, some organizations are considering increasing other perks, like the number of vacation days they offer.

Whether you’re in that boat or are just curious to see how your current policy compares, check your vacation day offering against these new benchmarks:

Is your company more generous than the figures above?

That’s info worth sharing with all employees. With the growing importance of work-life benefits, if you can show working for you offers them more time with their families than working for your competitors would, you may see a nice jump in retention, too.

Jennifer Azara

Jennifer has covered business and finance for more than 24 years. She has written for CFOs, credit and collections professionals and accounts payable practitioners and has spoken at industry conferences on sales and use tax compliance.