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Are Unlimited Vacation Policies All They're Cracked Up to be for Working Parents?

We look at the positives and negatives of this new benefit.

Unlimited vacations for working parents

Are unlimited vacations good for your family and career?

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In the past few years, there’s been great buzz about a handful of companies giving employees unlimited vacation time. Companies like General Electric, Grant Thornton, LinkedIn, Netflix, GrubHub and Honeywell have adopted these policies. If you’re a working parent, sounds like nirvana, right? Well, companies, employees and HR experts are finding there are

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