Survey: December "vacation heavy"

More than half of all full-time employees plan to take time off during "vacation heavy" December, according to a survey commissioned by Kronos Inc.

The Chelmsford firm supplies software and services that help companies and organizations manage their work forces.

This year in particular, with both Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 and New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, falling on Mondays, many of those who are employed full-time are planning to make long weekends out of both, Kronos said.

According to the Kronos surve, 63 percent of the respondents who were full-time employees plan to take the day off on Dec. 24, with 49 percent of these having the day off as a holiday and the rest, 14 percent, planning to take it off using paid or unpaid leave.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)