Hello, I'm Vivian Nunes. Today on Business Daily, we're asking, isn't it time we all took a break and got paid for it?

Everyone at some point in their life will need this kind of long, you know, break, sustained break from work.

But some companies say they've tried unlimited paid leave, and it doesn't work.

Team members had a lot of anxiety about what was the right number.

It can be quite difficult to understand, well, what is appropriate.

So just how much time out should staff be entitled to

and should bosses foot the bill?

We weigh it up in Business Daily from the BBC.

Have you already exhausted your holiday allowance for the year?

How about a few months off then?

To do up the house, spend quality time with the family

or take that trip backpacking through South America

you've been dreaming

of for years. Imagine if that was a realistic proposition, a sabbatical with no questions asked,

fully funded by your boss. Some of you will think that's absolutely crazy, but there are those who argue

everybody needs some extended leave at some point in their career,

and it shouldn't just be new parents who are paid to not come into work.

Lila McClellan is a writer for the website Quartz, specialising in work-life issues.

She's based in the United States, where companies are not legally required to offer any paid leave, though in practice many offer two weeks vacation.

Lila makes the case for longer paid sabbaticals for all employees.

The idea is to just sort of have one policy at a company that is open to everyone and that offers an extended leave for

any reason at all. Anybody would feel free to request this. Some people listening to this will

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