Organizations offer a variety of employee leave time, with some of it being paid and some not paid. Some of the more common paid and non-paid leaves are listed below:

Paid Leave	Non Paid Leave
Vacation	Leave of Absence
Parental Leave (a.k.a. maternity leave)	Parental Leave (a.k.a. maternity leave)
Paid Time Off (combines paid sick and vacation time)	Military Leave
Bereavement Leave	Personal Time Off
Leave of Absence	Medical Leave FMLA
Military Leave	Medical Leave non-FMLA
Holiday Pay
Sabbatical Leave
Sick Time (a.k.a. medical leave)

There are laws that govern leave, both at the federal and state. You can find the links to state-specific laws here: Leave Laws

If you were asked to make some recommendations to the organization on the leave plans, both paid and non-paid, what would be the must haves and why?

Select one paid leave program and identify how much leave you would give an employee and how would you award this to the employee? For example, would you award leave based on the hours they worked, years of service, different rate for different groups of employees, etc.