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Why Good Employees Ghost You in December (And It's Not About the Holidays)

22 Sep 2025 4 min read Holiday

Every December, perfectly sane companies descend into spreadsheet warfare over Christmas leave, but the real casualty isn't productivity – it's when your best developer flips a coin to decide their holidays and starts job hunting in January.

Remote Work Killed the Holiday Request Form (And Nobody Knows What To Do About It)

05 Sep 2025 7 min read Holiday

Three years after the great remote work revolution, we've solved many problems but created an entirely new one: nobody knows what a holiday means anymore.

UK statutory holiday rules undergo biggest reform in 25 years

05 Sep 2025 6 min read Holiday

All UK workers are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks' paid annual leave (28 days maximum for full-time workers), but major reforms that took effect in April 2024 have fundamentally changed how holiday is calculated for millions of irregular hours and part-year workers.