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Successful Sabbatical Programs Offer Varying Terms

By Christopher Bachler

Jan. 1, 1995

Terms of sabbaticals can be as different as the people who apply for them. The following list offers a sample of that diversity.


COMPANY

TIME ALLOWED

COMPENSATION

ELIGIBILITY

McDonald’s

8 weeks after ten years, 16 weeks after 20 years

Full pay and benefits

All full-time employees

Tandem

6 weeks after 4 years

Full pay and benefits

Full- and part-time employees

Apple

6 weeks after 5 years

Full pay and benefits

Full- and part-time employees

AT&T

9 to 24 months after 5 years

No pay, most regular benefits

Full- and part-time employees

Hewitt

5 weeks after five years for partners, 3 weeks after 5 years for associates

Full pay and benefits

Full-time employees

Wells Fargo

Social Service Leave: up to 6 months after 3 years, Personal Growth Leave: up to 3 months after 10 years

Full pay and benefits

Full-time employees

Xerox

Up to 1 year after 3 years

Full pay and benefits

Full-time employees

Time Inc.

3 to 6 months after 15 years, 3 months after 20 years

50% pay after 15 years, 75% pay after 20 years

Regular full- and part-time employees

Personnel Journal, January 1995, Vol. 74, No. 1, pp. 38-48.


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