I had a job where we had our normal PTO, but at the same time, my immediate boss allowed us to take PTO without removing it from the official system. In this so

I had a job where we had our normal PTO, but at the same time, my immediate boss allowed us to take PTO without removing it from the official system. In this sort of arrangement you tend to respect the business. You don't want to abuse the system and ruin it for yourself or anyone else, but you also aren't getting screwed over by the lack of saved up PTO when you leave. It's strange but it was by far the best way of dealing with this that i've ever seen. What ultimately occurred was when people went on a real vacation, they used their real PTO. for all the other life stuff like dr's appts and sick days and whatever, those just got ignored. this is how it should be. trust your employees people. sorry it doesn't answer your question OP but hopefully any HR people reading this will see how they can modify the policy to help everyone.