HealthLeaders Media HR - June 14, 2010 | St. Joseph Employees Donate Paid Time Off to Worthy Charities
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St. Joseph Employees Donate Paid Time Off to Worthy Charities
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media
St. Joseph Health System in Orange, CA, has created a new program that allows employees to donate the cash equivalent of their paid time off (PTO) to charity. The PTO Donation Program was launched in March at the behest of employees to help the people of earthquake-stricken Haiti. So far, it has raised about $25,000. [Read More] |
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June 14, 2010 |
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