Fact Sheet On Episodic Time Off (EPTO)

Abstract

Workplace Flexibility 2010 has coined the term Episodic Time Off or EPTO to describe the type of workplace flexibility needed to address the recurring need for time off - sometimes regular, sometimes sporadic, sometimes foreseeable, sometimes not - for which Short Term Time Off is insufficient and which a Flexible Work Arrangement cannot resolve. Evidence illustrates that across the lifespan, for a variety of reasons, the need and desire for EPTO are great