Leave
Leave Continues Its
Lasting Importance
The critical nature of leave benefits has once again been recognized by employers, in 2025. Vacation leave and sick leave continue to be two of the most provided benefits of any type. More specific types of leave, such as paid mental health leave and family-leave-related benefits like parental leave and FMLA-adjacent policies, remain fairly prevalent among employers, as well.
Paid jury duty leave and paid military leave (both beyond what may be required by law) were reintroduced into the Employee Benefits Survey this year. With the addition of these benefits, the category of Civic Leave was created within the interactive online tool, marking a newfound focus on the importance that employers may be placing on this type of leave.
Continue below to explore leave benefits and what organizations like yours are offering in 2025.
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How Leave Is Determined
A significant majority of organizations — 78% — use an employee’s service time (i.e., their tenure at the organization) when determining the amount of leave granted, up 1 percentage point from 2024. Meanwhile, 47% of organizations use the number of hours worked and 26% use employee level.
Average Paid Time Off
After the success of the introduction of average paid time off into the Employee Benefits Survey in 2024, it’s become clear that this section should become a mainstay for future iterations. This was again asked to organizations that grant time off based on service time, because this is the most common factor used to determine paid leave. Organizations are grouped by those who offer either paid vacation or paid sick leave as separate offerings as well as those using a combined bank of paid time off (PTO).