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'Home. About Linda. Client List. Newsletter. Executive blog Contact Us. Vacation: Take It or Leave It? by Linda Henman on July 26, 2011. Recent research indicates that only about 38% of employees use all their allotted vacation time, and it’s not the boss’s fault. Only about 5% of those in the survey said it was. So why don’t people take the time off they’re entitled to?
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