{"id":13915,"date":"2019-12-18T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/?p=13915"},"modified":"2022-06-21T08:11:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T08:11:48","slug":"work-life-balance-leave-days-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/instant-offices-news\/work-life-balance-leave-days-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid Burnout and Improve Work-Life Balance with Strategic Leave Days in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Planning ahead and strategically using the upcoming long weekends and bank holidays will help you to maximise your holiday time in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Taking regular breaks helps to improve work-life balance, which benefits your mental and physical health. This translates to more creativity, higher productivity, and better overall job satisfaction. And chances are, you\u2019re overdue for a break! Research shows that 595,000 people in the UK suffered from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/worklife\/article\/20190610-how-to-tell-if-youve-got-pre-burnout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">workplace stress<\/a> in 2018, and chronic work stress is leading to higher levels of burnout.<\/p>\n<p>A recent study also showed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.personneltoday.com\/hr\/uk-employees-fail-to-use-holiday-entitlement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">40% of UK workers<\/a> took just half of their annual leave entitlement during 2018, and 13% of Brits only used 20% of their holiday entitlement.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re worried about using up your days off, there are some smart ways you can book leave to make sure you get maximum downtime in exchange for minimal time out of the office.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Improve-Work-Life-Balance-with-Strategic-Leave-in-2020.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13926 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Improve-Work-Life-Balance-with-Strategic-Leave-in-2020.jpg\" alt=\"Improve-Work-Life-Balance-with-Strategic-Leave-in-2020\" width=\"637\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Improve-Work-Life-Balance-with-Strategic-Leave-in-2020.jpg 637w, https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Improve-Work-Life-Balance-with-Strategic-Leave-in-2020-300x268.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bank holidays in December and January are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday 25 December: Christmas Day<\/li>\n<li>Thursday 26 December: Boxing Day<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday 1 January: New Year\u2019s Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take leave from 23 December to 5 January, and you\u2019ll get a 14-day holiday by booking 7 days off.<\/p>\n<p><strong>April<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Easter celebrations mean a long weekend in the middle of April. Bank holidays in April are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday 10 April: Good Friday<\/li>\n<li>Monday 13 April: Easter Monday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By taking leave from 9 to 19 April, you can enjoy an 11-day holiday by booking just 5 days off.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are 2 holidays coming up in May:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday 8 May: VE Day<\/li>\n<li>Monday 25 May: Spring bank holiday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a great opportunity to take a springtime break. Take May 8 to 25 off, and you\u2019ll get an 18-day holiday by booking 10 days off work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>August\/ September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Monday 31 August is the Summer bank holiday. That means if you take off the first week of September (29 Aug to 6 Sept), you\u2019ll get a 9-day break using only 4 days of holiday leave.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a total of 52 days of holiday, for just 26 days booked off! Enjoy longer leave without the worries of falling behind, and make 2020 your best year yet for work-life balance.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #b3d334; padding: 20px 0;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0;\"><strong>Looking for Office Space?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We Operate in Some of the World&#8217;s Top Cities:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/en\/gb\/serviced-office-space\/london\">London<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/en\/us\/office-space\/new-york\">New York<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/en\/us\/office-space\/san-francisco\">San Francisco<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/en\/fr\/office-space\/paris\">Paris<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/en\/sg\/office-space\/singapore\">Singapore<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/en\/hk\/office-space\/hong-kong\">Hong Kong<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\">Search more locations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planning ahead and strategically using the upcoming long weekends and bank holidays will help you to maximise your holiday time in 2020. Taking regular breaks helps to improve work-life balance, which benefits your mental and physical health. This translates to more creativity, higher productivity, and better overall job satisfaction. And chances are, you\u2019re overdue for a break! Research shows that 595,000 people in the UK suffered from workplace stress in 2018, and chronic work stress is leading to higher levels of burnout. A recent study also showed that 40% of UK workers took just half of their annual leave entitlement during 2018, and 13% of Brits only used 20% of their holiday entitlement. If you\u2019re worried about using up your days off, there are some smart ways you can book leave to make sure you get maximum downtime in exchange for minimal time out of the office. Bank holidays in December and January are: Wednesday 25 December: Christmas Day Thursday 26 December: Boxing Day Wednesday 1 January: New Year\u2019s Day Take leave from 23 December to 5 January, and you\u2019ll get a 14-day holiday by booking 7 days off. April Easter celebrations mean a long weekend in the middle of April. Bank holidays in April are: Friday 10 April: Good Friday Monday 13 April: Easter Monday By taking leave from 9 to 19 April, you can enjoy an 11-day holiday by booking just 5 days off. May There are 2 holidays coming up in May: Friday 8 May: VE Day Monday 25 May: Spring bank holiday This is a great opportunity to take a springtime break. Take May 8 to 25 off, and you\u2019ll get an 18-day holiday by booking 10 days off work. August\/ September Monday 31 August is the Summer bank holiday. That means if you take off the first week of September (29 Aug to 6 Sept), you\u2019ll get a 9-day break using only 4 days of holiday leave. That\u2019s a total of 52 days of holiday, for just 26 days booked off! Enjoy longer leave without the worries of falling behind, and make 2020 your best year yet for work-life balance. Looking for Office Space? We Operate in Some of the World&#8217;s Top Cities: London, New York, San Francisco, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong, Search more locations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214,76],"tags":[415,60],"class_list":["post-13915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-instant-offices-news","tag-annual-leave","tag-work-life-balance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Improve Work-Life Balance with Strategic Leave Days in 2020 - Instant Offices Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover how to maximise your work-life balance in 2020 by using long weekends and bank holidays to strategically book leave.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/instant-offices-news\/work-life-balance-leave-days-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Improve Work-Life Balance with Strategic Leave Days in 2020 - 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