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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Do Unlimited Vacation Policies Really Mean Unlimited Vacation?

    The Los Angeles Times has a new policy that will offer its employees unlimited vacation time. No more accruing days off; instead, Times workers will simply ask for time off whenever they want it. But could the new rules result in people taking even less vacation time than they already do?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 18, 2014 • 1 min read

    The Los Angeles Times has a new policy that will offer its employees unlimited vacation time. No more accruing days off; instead, Times workers will simply ask for time off whenever they want it. But could the new rules result in people taking even less vacation time than they already do?

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    Keystone Politics, Rules for Food, and Remembering a Surf Legend
    1. 0:00Politics of the Keystone Pipeline
    2. 7:47Keystone from the North
    3. 16:14Surfwise
    4. 26:26You’re Eating it Wrong
    5. 40:52Do Unlimited Vacation Policies Really Mean Unlimited Vacation?You’re reading this
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