The Cabana Blog
Writing for the people who actually run small teams
PTO policy templates, comparison guides, and operating-system advice for ops leads, founders, and HR-of-ones. No fluff, no enterprise speak.
Featured
All posts →
· 8 min read · By Anthony Pizzurro
BambooHR and Slack for Time Off: What the Integration Does
BambooHR's own Slack app handles real employee PTO actions. Here's what its public documentation confirms, what to test, and how to choose the right workflow.
Anthony Pizzurro
Founder, Cabana
Latest
· 10 min read
How to Track Vacation in Microsoft Teams
A practical walkthrough of Outlook calendars, Planner, Lists, and Shifts, with setup steps and an honest comparison of what each option records.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 9 min read
How Unlimited PTO Actually Works
Unlimited PTO removes the fixed vacation bank. It still needs approvals, coverage, usage records, and clear expectations. Here's how to make those mechanics work.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 10 min read
Time Off Bidding: How to Run a Fair Vacation Bid
A practical vacation bidding process for small teams, with five methods compared, a complete seniority example, and policy language you can copy.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 7 min read
Average PTO for Small Businesses: How Much Should You Offer?
How much paid time off to offer at a small business, with recommended starting points by team stage and a straight answer on where the real survey data lives.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 8 min read
Small Business Vacation Policy Examples (Vacation-Only Plans)
Vacation policy examples for small businesses that keep vacation separate from sick time, plus when a combined PTO bank is the better call.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 8 min read
How to Write a Paid Time Off Policy (Step-by-Step)
A section-by-section walkthrough for writing a paid time off policy: scope, eligibility, accrual, approvals, carryover, and payout — with what to write in each.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 7 min read
Sample PTO Policy for Small Business (Full Copy-Paste Text)
A complete, copy-paste sample PTO policy for a small business — eligibility, accrual, requests, carryover, payout, and holidays, in plain language.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 7 min read
Unpaid Time Off Policy for Small Business: What to Include
How small businesses can write an unpaid time off policy for requests that go beyond PTO, including eligibility, approvals, limits, benefits, and documentation.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 7 min read
PTO Policy Examples for Small Businesses (3 Real Models)
Three complete PTO policy examples — accrual, annual bank, and unlimited — with what each one gets right and the size of team it fits.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 8 min read
Time Off Policy for Small Business: All Leave Types in One Doc
How to write one time off policy that covers vacation, sick leave, holidays, unpaid leave, and parental leave without keeping four separate documents.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 7 min read
PTO Plans for Small Business: Accrual vs. Bank vs. Unlimited
A decision framework for picking a PTO plan: how accrual, annual bank, and unlimited PTO differ on admin load, year-end liability, and team size.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 7 min read
Vacation Policy Best Practices: Rules That Survive a Real Team
Operating rules for a vacation policy that holds up in practice: blackout dates, approval fairness, minimum time off, and making sure the team is covered.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 12 min read
Leave Policy for Small Business: Protected & Statutory Leave
FMLA, state sick leave mandates, jury duty, bereavement, and parental leave — what a small business is legally required to offer and how to write it down.
APAnthony Pizzurro
- PTO Policies
· 7 min read
How a Vacation Policy Generator Works (And When to Use One)
What a vacation policy generator actually does, how it's different from a static template, and how to build a complete policy in under two minutes.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 11 min read
PTO Policy: How to Write One for a Small Business
A practical, no-legalese guide to writing a PTO policy for a small team: how to structure it, what to include, what to avoid, and how to actually enforce it.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 8 min read
Free Vacation Policy Template for Small Businesses (2026)
A simple vacation policy template you can copy in minutes — plus practical advice on what to include and how to roll it out.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 8 min read
Cabana vs. Vacation Tracker vs. Flamingo: Which Slack PTO Tool Is Right for Your Team?
An honest head-to-head breakdown of the three most popular Slack-native PTO tools — setup, features, pricing, and who each one is actually built for.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 7 min read
How to Track Employee Vacation Time in Slack
If your team already lives in Slack, your PTO system should too. Here's how Slack-native vacation tracking works — and how to set it up in an afternoon.
APAnthony Pizzurro
· 9 min read
Best PTO Trackers for Small Teams in 2026: 6 Tools Compared
A practical comparison of six paid time off trackers built for teams under 100 — what each one does well, where it falls short, and who it's actually for.
APAnthony Pizzurro
Newsletter
One short email, every other Friday
One new guide, one comparison, one template — written for small-team ops leads. No tracking pixels, no “industry insights.” Unsubscribe with one click.