Perspective
Sep. 23, 2011
Paid sabbaticals: Do they promote employee retention or invite wage lawsuits?
Whether or not paid sabbaticals count as a form of vested wages isn't an easy question to answer. By Robin E. Largent of Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger LLP
Most people think of sabbaticals as something unique to academic professions, typically whereby tenured professors are permitted to take a semester or even a year off with pay to engage in a special project that furthers their professional development. However, a growing number of corporations now offer paid sabbaticals to employees as an added perk that may set them apart from competing employers. Unlike academic sabbaticals that tend to be p...
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