With a tough economic landscape and unemployment rates still high, it’s no wonder that employees think twice about taking a vacation. Fear of missing out at work—whether a client meeting or a work function—or of being passed over for a new project often acts as a deterrent against taking time off. Yet the toll that working year after year without a break takes can be just too great. Employees get burned out, ideas get stale, and your company may run the risk of losing employees who cave in to the stress.