No matter who you are or what industry you work in, sooner or later, we all need a break.

If we go too long without stepping away from our jobs, chances are we'll feel overworked and underappreciated.

As an HR professional, your job is to have the best interest of the company and its employees, front and center. Oftentimes, that can mean deciding which employee benefit programs are the right fit for your company's compensation and benefits plan. There's a lot to consider including what kind of paid time off you want to include.

Paid time off (PTO), sometimes referred to as planned time off or personal time off, is a policy that your company offers its employees that allows them to take time off away from work as needed, for specific reasons or occurrences. How much your offer, or when you allow employees to use their PTO, can vary.