“….on average, Americans did not use four days of their vacation time,

giving an estimated $76 billion back to their employers.”   D. Zamora WebMD, Inc.

“For every $1 U.S. companies get back from employees skipping vacations, they lose as much as $7 in costs realted to worker burnout.

Dr. Mel Borins

Did your employees use all their vacation days?

No?

How much did it cost YOU?

“Regular vacations are preventative medicine; they cut down on stress-related illness and save health care dollars.”

Oxford Health Plans Survey

New York 2001

The burned out employee will utilized medical services, experience increased sick time and have lower productivity, which all costs the employer money.”

Health Enhancement Reserarch Organization

Birmingham, Alabama

Studies show that taking time off can reduce the risk of heart attack by 32% in men, and a whopping 50% in women.  Apparently, vacations can be almost as imortant as eating healthy meals and being active.