Productivity | How do the Easter holidays impact decision-making?

Each year, the school Easter holidays fall on different dates but on this occasion, the holidays are running between April 8^th and April 22^nd 2019.

While this period may be a great opportunity for working parents to spend some quality time with their children, it can cause problems for HR if numerous employees from the same department are on annual leave at the same time.

And this may make it difficult for some jobs to get done, particularly if these roles are held by specific employees who happen to be off. While this may be the case, it is crucial that HR get organised to ensure that business continues like normal and staff handovers are smooth.

Kathryn Kendall, Chief People Officer at Benefex exclusively told HR Grapevine that, like with any peak holiday period, employers need to ensure that business is not impacted by having more employees than usual booking annual leave simultaneously.