Study: Additional time off resulted in worker performance gains in 3 areas

by Christian Schappel

Sure, you know there are personal benefits to getting rest and relaxation — like less stress and fatigue. Now here’s some compelling proof there are also measurable business benefits to getting your employees to take some R&R time. 

It comes by way of Stay Metrics and the trucking industry. The business management consultancy that serves the industry collected data on 682 drivers employed by one of its clients.

Stay Metrics looked at the time-off requests that were met for those drivers and analyzed down time’s effects on three driver performance metrics:

• bonus rate
• miles drive, and
• total bonus pay.

What did the analysis find? Measurables in all three areas improved when employees time-off requests were honored, reported FleetOwner.

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