{"id":78991,"date":"2022-07-18T15:29:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T13:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factorialhr.com\/blog\/?p=78991"},"modified":"2025-02-17T16:49:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T14:49:33","slug":"sabbatical-leave-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factorialhr.co.uk\/blog\/sabbatical-leave-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabbatical Leave: Benefits, Policies, and Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are various types of leave that employers can offer to their employees, including holiday leave, sick leave<\/a>, bereavement leave<\/a>, time in lieu<\/a> and garden leave<\/a>. There is also another less common type of leave that increasing numbers of businesses choose to offer as an employment benefit: sabbatical leave<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Although historically, only a small percentage of non-academic businesses offered paid or unpaid sabbatical leave, this figure has been on the rise since the start of the pandemic, according to Forbes<\/a>. The main reason for this is that sabbatical leave can be a great tool for preventing employee burnout and increasing retention levels.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, what is sabbatical leave? Should it be paid or unpaid? Who is entitled to take it? And what do you need to consider when you design your sabbatical leave policy?<\/p>\n

These are just some of the questions we will be addressing below.<\/p>\n

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