Then the committee helps the employee reallocate the work or, in cases of workaholism, refers the employee to counseling. Also, Val Gee encourages managers to pay particular attention to employees who travel frequently. When people are traveling they don t have the support of the company around them. There s no way to see if they are doing too much work. Discourage employees from taking work home.
Insist employees take breaks.
A hard-core workaholic probably wouldn t care if he loses vacation time, but borderline workaholics can be persuaded to take vacations this way. Work aholism, like most addictions, is a time line of behavior that becomes progressively more destructive. Those who are not too far down the workaholism path may be helped with vacation and other time off policies. Companies with workaholics would not want to have a cash out policy for unused vacation time, as workaholics would opt for the cash every time. Respect employees time off.